GNU bug report logs - #48117
28.0.50; Update of loaddefs.el during normal build is unreliable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:52:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 48117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 48117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48117: 28.0.50; Update of loaddefs.el during normal build
 is unreliable
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:03:39 +0300

> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:01:15 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> cc: 48117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > These updates should happen automatically, they should not require 
> > people to "make bootstrap" or manually regenerate loaddefs.el.
> >
> 
> Would it not make sense to include these changes in their respective 
> commits?

loaddefs.el is a generated file (and so are the other *-loaddefs.el
files).

> Another solution would be to have a cron job running somewhere and 
> automatically pushing these changes once a day or so.

How can we do that for files that aren't versioned?
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