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Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]

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Message #68 received at 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#48108: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache
 directories [native-comp]
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:48:30 +0200

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:14:27 +0100
> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> 
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 15:43 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>  This is Emacs: you get enough rope to hang yourself.  We trust you that you
>  either know what you are doing, or won't do it.
> 
> Still, a brief reminder/warning in the docstring would be nice. We warn, occasionally. 
> 
>  Why do you think it's a bug?
> 
> Because the ~/. emacs.d/ one is created but left empty. 

I still don't understand why would that constitute a bug.  It is created so
that future compilation wouldn't have to worry about its existence if and
when they need to deposit *.eln files there.

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