From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16573: 24.3; Auctex (11.87.2) in Elpa issues hundreds of warnings on compile Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:22:31 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390868610 2241 80.91.229.3 (28 Jan 2014 00:23:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16573@debbugs.gnu.org To: Neil Jackson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 28 01:23:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wSl-0004p0-9c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:23:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34212 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wSk-00041R-T7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39890) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wSa-0003yK-Vx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:23:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wST-0002wY-MB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:23:24 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wSE-0002t5-Ni; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wSD-0001wq-U6; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:23:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bug-auctex@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16573 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,auctex X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16573-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16573.13908685537450 (code B ref 16573); Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16573) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Jan 2014 00:22:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38465 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wRl-0001w6-0z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:22:33 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:19046) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7wRj-0001vx-O8 for 16573@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:22:32 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFHO+IO1/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFHO+IO1/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="46209889" Original-Received: from 206-248-131-181.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.131.181]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 27 Jan 2014 19:22:31 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 20C8160EDE; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:22:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Neil Jackson's message of "Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:06:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84145 Archived-At: > On updating to latest Auctex from the Package Manager, there were > hundreds of warnings during compilation. Indeed. > Expected behaviour: > Packages in Elpa compile without warnings. ELPA packages are not magical that way, no. It completely depends on the package's maintainers to try and make their code "warning-free", and even if they do that, it's difficult to make sure it's warning-free under all Emacs versions (some maintainers insist on warning-freeness to the point of disabling warnings or obfuscating code, which I find to be both very bad ideas). For GNU ELPA packages, I occasionally try to address some of those warnings. In the case of AUCTeX, I haven't tackled that job yet. Stefan