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

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48117: 28.0.50;
 Update of loaddefs.el during normal build is unreliable
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 12:59:17 -0400

Glenn Morris wrote:

> Another idea, FWIW:
> In the make rule for $(lisp)/loaddefs.el, if loaddefs.el exists and is
> older than ldefs-boot.el, start by copying the latter to the former.
> This ought to limit how outdated loaddefs can get?

BTW, I think this might actually make things worse in terms of detecting
new secondary loaddefs files like texinfo-loaddefs (not that those
happen very often), by bumping the timestamp on the primary loaddefs.
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