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[PATCH] Add the public API of Compat to the core

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Message #211 received at 66554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 66554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66554: [PATCH] Add the public API of Compat to the core
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:20:22 +0200

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: mail <at> daniel-mendler.de,  66554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
>   monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:46:30 +0000
> 
> I might be mistaken, but from a cursory peak at package.el, specifically
> `package-activate-1', the Info search path is only updated if the
> package is activated.  If the core-package takes priority over an
> external package, the external package shouldn't get activated.
> 
> This hasn't been a problem in the past, because core packages don't come
> with their own manuals, but this is an exception since core-Compat is
> not really the same code as ELPA-Compat.
> 
> One way to fix this, would be to explain how to disable a package via
> `package-load-list' in the Compat manual.  I'll have to try it out, but
> if it works, I think that solution should be acceptable.

Another way to fix this is simply to include the Compat manual in
emacs.git.

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