From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 1d4e903417: Speed up generation of loaddefs files Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <165401335654.18632.7065125202296753443@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220531160918.DFB2FC009A8@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <87k09niics.fsf@tcd.ie> <87czffsbqr.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36364"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 11 17:13:10 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o02nV-0009HB-4R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:13:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o02nT-0001cN-KK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o02mg-0000fl-K8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:58297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o02me-0007zY-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3A5F080119; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E3541804BD; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:13 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1654960333; bh=MzKTf5RaWv+7eqDdm+IzzJGF0uIBS6SsZvoi3wIor1Y=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=N+9WKq0J0TzmTkwOFgu1aNZ63oljRZFX/EI+I/WB7H5B5I8JehARjH4JDHoIsKJnJ vznJU/n1furhCGNnkzvge+LV7j+cutFi40OVvSEia+vyBggvJLZ+lW8AUZvcf6PKnJ MVIEHkbw/fuIyJjp2CB42Q9Qv0f8QAB9Y8lOSLvBYtH36A48fTOOBnsdrapayWmkQh IUhbXw3PIt2NNbViVtjiI4Wm+i7PlOtnPmFvB5xUXkJHfXjdRgOLumBy/+3mppEFDT FiWjxkZFA2o+Ho8y/QzYAM7wMBmKryvK6/QI/GcTz2CEiHiAr+2MTT45wQk+QjoLNN LYg6VLnkUYN1A== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.221.51]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B0C77120315; Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:12:13 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87czffsbqr.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:03:40 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:291035 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-06-11 13:03:40] wrote: > "Basil L. Contovounesios" writes: > >> Backtrace attached. The same error occurs with a subsequent: >> >> C-x C-c >> $ emacs -Q >> M-x package-initialize RET >> >> I guess either the -autoloads.el file should continue to be generated >> unconditionally, or its nonexistence should not be regarded as an error. > > I guess generating the file unconditionally would be possible... but > perhaps it'd be better if this didn't signal an error? Perhaps Stefan > has an opinion here; added to the CCs. Even in the absence of any autoload cookies, the generated file is supposed to contain: "(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))") so it's necessary to produce the file. Stefan