GNU bug report logs - #52292
29.0.50; when ~/.emacs.d is a relative symlink to ~/foo/bar, (setq find-file-visit-truename t) causes package-install to generate incorrect autoloads

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Message #19 received at 52292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, alexandre.liao <at> gmail.com, 52292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52292: [PATCH] #52292
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 14:17:42 +0300

> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, alexandre.liao <at> gmail.com
> From: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 00:23:42 -0400
> 
> diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
> index 1e4b2c14a0..23e34ddad0 100644
> --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
> +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
> @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ autoload-find-generated-file
>    (let ((enable-local-variables :safe)
>          (enable-local-eval nil)
>          (find-file-hook nil)
> +        (find-file-visit-truename nil)
>          (delay-mode-hooks t))
>      ;; We used to use `raw-text' to read this file, but this causes
>      ;; problems when the file contains non-ASCII characters.

I think I'd prefer to run the file name through expand-file-name
instead, as not resolving symlinks and other similar "equivalences"
could have adverse effect elsewhere, if someone compares the file name
to some other file name.

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