Subject: Re: bug#65035: 29.1; Port flycheck-emacs-lisp-initialize-packages to flymake

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 11:48:11 +0200

Ping!  Can we make some progress with this bug report?

> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> From: Pengji Zhang <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:18:20 +0800
> 
> Spencer Baugh <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > I think this should also switch from passing "-Q" to passing just
> > "-q". If we're include ~/.emacs.d/elpa on load-path, we should include
> > the site-lisp directories too, which -Q suppresses.
> 
> I agree. How about the following change?
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>          :name "elisp-flymake-byte-compile"
>          :buffer output-buffer
>          :command `(,(expand-file-name invocation-name invocation-directory)
> -                   "-Q"
> +                   ,@(if elisp-flymake--byte-compile-activate-packages
> +                         ;; Add site-lisp directories to `load-path' so
> +                         ;; that system-wide packages (installed into
> +                         ;; site-lisp/elpa) are activated.
> +                         '("-q" "--no-site-file")
> +                       '("-Q"))
>                     "--batch"
>                     ;; "--eval" "(setq load-prefer-newer t)" ; for testing
>                     ,@(mapcan (lambda (path) (list "-L" path))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> > Probably we should specifically pass "--batch --no-site-file" instead
> > of "-Q --batch", since --batch also implies -q.
> 
> I am not sure if it is a good idea to always include the site-lisp
> directories. I myself want this only when checking my init.el. When
> developing packages, I prefer a pristine environment.
> 
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