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

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 48117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48117: 28.0.50; Update of loaddefs.el during normal build is unreliable
Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 08:09:42 +0000

>> I think this should preferably be automated.  The current ldefs-boot.el 
>> file in the trunk is 25 days old, running admin/update_autogen -L adds 
>> 247 lines and modifies 100 lines.
>
> It gets automaticallly updated on the first of the month.  It could be 
> more frequent, but it would seem like churn for no real reason most of 
> the time.
>

IMO once a week would be better.  An outdated ldefs-boot creates 
unnecessary warnings during the build.

>
> (It wouldn't make any difference to the issue that prompted this 
> report.)
>

That depends on the chosen solution.  You suggested copying ldefs-boot.el 
onto loaddefs.el when it is more recent.  I'm not entirely sure, but it 
seems to me that forcing a regeneration of the loaddefs files during make 
whenever ldefs-boot.el is more recent than loaddefs.el would be a better 
solution.

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