* bug#15523: 24.3.50; Package installed in an earlier (stable) version of Emacs errors if -autoloads.el calls an autoloaded function
@ 2013-10-04 2:01 Dmitry Gutov
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...from that package.
Example:
https://github.com/nonsequitur/inf-ruby/pull/24#issuecomment-25595099
Or at least that's what I've been able to deduce.
Revision 112403 added load-path modification inside the autoloads file
(not sure why), and 114047 changed `package-activate-1' not to modify
load-path until after the autoloads file is loaded.
So, if a package was installed using Emacs predating 112403 (such as
24.2 and probably 24.3), and its autoloads call a function from it, it
will raise an error.
Not sure how big of a problem that is (autoloads' main purpose is to
defer loading, not to trigger it), but it's surprising for sure.
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