Re: pkg-autoloads.el vs. pkg-loaddefs.el

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> [ I've heard various reports over the years that indicate that
>>   `package--reload-previously-loaded` doesn't always do that, but
>>   I don't know if it's because it's not called at all, or because it's
>>   called but makes wrong decisions.
>>   Also of course, there can be lots of cases where reloading a file isn't
>>   sufficient. ]
>
> But isn't it called only when `package-activate-1' is called with RELOAD
> argument?

Indeed.

> AFAIU, `package-activate' (and thus `package-activate-all') calls
> (package-activate-1 pkg-desc nil 'deps).

The reasoning is that this won't be called after some `org*.el` files
have already been loaded.


        Stefan