GNU bug report logs - #77468
30.1.50; package-quickstart file is not relocatable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 77468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77468: 30.1.50; package-quickstart file is not relocatable
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:31:59 -0400

>> We can just `setq` a private global var.  It's conceptually
>> ugly, but it gets the job done.  As long as we support only a single
>> global `package-quickstart.el` that should be good enough.
> I guess you prefer this to the approach in the patch I sent, where I
> let-bind default-directory outside the load of package-quickstart-file?

Your approach is cleaner but I'm just worried that someone out there
loads the package-quickstart file "by hand".

Maybe we can do both (and emit a warning if the `setq` is not
redundant)?


        Stefan
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