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Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36681: closed (Feature Request:  Option to build Emacs
 without byte-compilation.)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:09:02 +0000

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From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
To: Emacs Bug Reports <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Feature Request:  Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:10:57 -0700

There is an open question that I posed on emacs.stackexchange.com nearly two years ago:

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/34362/how-to-build-emacs-without-byte-compiling-lisp-files

The current build time for the master branch is over 30 minutes, and seems like approximately 45 minutes, but I have not timed it exactly.  A command-line option to skip byte-compilation when building Emacs would greatly enhance the productivity of people contributing to the development of Emacs.  There are also threads that I have seen in the past couple of years looking for ways to quickly build Emacs for something called "unit testing":

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/14043/build-a-minimal-emacs-25-for-unit-testing

I would suggesting creating a build option such as "--byte-compile=no" or "--without-byte-compile".

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>,
 Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, 36681-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36681: Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without
 byte-compilation.
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:08:31 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I'm marking this as wontfix.

Two months later, I'm now also closing this bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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