GNU bug report logs - #39682
describe-package disabled by help-fns+.elc compiled in older Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39682: 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:20:50 -0900

On 2/20/20 6:27 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> I can reproduce it with
>>
>> emacs-25.3 -Q --batch -l package -f batch-byte-compile help-fns+.el
>> emacs-26.3 -Q -l package -l help-fns+.elc -f list-packages -f package-menu-
>> describe-package
> Good.  Then it's just what we thought.  Thx.
>
I guess from my perspective this is not so much a bug as a strategic 
omission on my part.

Since yesterday, I've found a number of discussions of remedial 
byte-compiling of packages following upgrades of emacs. The onus is kind 
of on the user.

-- 
Tim
tj49.com
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