GNU bug report logs - #57152
29.0.50; Emacs executable isn't rebuilt when loaddefs.el is modified

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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 #32 received at 57152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57152: 29.0.50; Emacs executable isn't rebuilt when
 loaddefs.el is modified
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:08:08 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 57152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:34:13 +0200
> 
> We could make loaddefs.el depend on all .el files, but then we'd rebuild
> the Emacs executable every time we change an .el file, and we don't want
> to do that, either.

What about using move-if-change?  That's a standard technique of
avoiding large rebuilds because some dependency's rules cannot be
easily stated.
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