GNU bug report logs - #39823
26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#39823: 26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from
 Emacs 26 to Emacs 27
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:01:49 +0100

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

> The difference is that --eval now evaluates with lexical-binding
> enabled, so the let-binding of generated-autoload-file is lexical unless
> autoload.el, with its (defvar generated-autoload-file nil ...), has been
> loaded.

For a general solution, would it make sense to let emacs -Q know in
advance which variables are dynamic, by generating some list when
building?

Michael.
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