Re: feature/native-comp, comp-deferred-compilation: no recompilation when .elc newer than .eln?

[Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>]

Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:

> Hi Andrea,
> * Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org> [2020-05-16; 07:30]:
>> Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:
>>>> Is it possible that the old eln is still being loaded because
>>>> load-prefer-newer is nil?
>>>
>>> load-prefer-newer is t in my case.  The stale org.eln file
>>> was loaded instead of the newer org.elc and the newer
>>> org.elc wasn't compiled to a newer org.eln file.  I realized
>>> because I experienced a specific bug although there was a
>>> patch with a fix in the repo.
>
>> the bit I'm missing is how the load was performed after org is updated.
>> Restarting Emacs or calling `load'?
>
> Sorry for not being more precise: I restart
> emacs after upgrading emacs or org-mode (or notmuch).

I reproduced here.  The problem is apparently that the .eln is always
preferred to the .elc for being loaded regardless `load-prefer-newer'
value, therefore the .eln is loaded directly and no deferred compilation
is triggerd.

I'll have look for a patch.

Thanks

  Andrea

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