From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: yantar92@posteo.net
Cc: gerd.moellmann@gmail.com, 66742@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66742: 30.0.50; transient-mark-mode is not enabled after re-dumping Emacs
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:15:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y1fpfrtv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zg05fs0y.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:10:53 +0300)
> Cc: gerd.moellmann@gmail.com, 66742@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:10:53 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> > I thought that we should expect the value to
> > be evaluated unless explicitly wrapped into (eval-when-compile ...).
>
> At what time do you think defcustom's value is evaluated?
>
> > Also, I just looked up defvar instances across Emacs and I am seeing
> > multiple cases when the value is calculated dynamically, assuming
> > loading time:
>
> Of course, it's loading time. But AFAIU you were talking about
> evaluation during dumping, i.e. when Emacs is built. This is only
> relevant for defcustom's in packages that are preloaded, because those
> packages are loaded at build time, not at run time. So for those
> packages, and only for those packages, any defcustom whose default
> value is not a constant, should be re-evaluated at startup, to make
> sure the value is suitable for the system on which Emacs runs.
>
> > cvs-diff-program, diff-use-changed-face, url-mime-encoding-string,
> > url-dav-lock-identifier, type-break-time-last-command,
> > reftex-section-numbers, ispell-library-directory, artist-pointer-shape,
> > so-long-version, shadow-system-name, bdf-cache-file,
> > vhdl-mode-menu-list, sh-shell, js-js-tmpdir, gud-sdb-needs-tags,
> > tetris-next-x, tetris-score-y, <a number of Org mode variables>,
> > vip-startup-file, vi-scroll-amount, tramp-cache-read-persistent-data,
> > tramp-archive-enabled, socks-username, newsticker--latest-update-time,
> > dictionary-color-support, mh-uncompface-executable, mh-swish++-binary,
> > mh-swish-binary, mh-mairix-binary, mh-namazu-binary, mh-grep-binary,
> > mh-spamassassin-executable, mh-sa-learn-executable,
> > mh-bogofilter-executable, mh-spamprobe-executable, mh-pgp-support-flag,
> > kkc-init-file-name, image-dired-queue-active-limit,
> > mm-temp-files-cache-file, erc-autoaway-last-sent-time,
> > viper-custom-file-name, viper-current-frame-saved,
> > copyright-current-year, cl--random-state (!!! that can easily cause
> > subtle issues), dframe-have-timer-flag, todo-files, todo-archives,
> > todo-done-separator, diary-font-lock-keywords, math-expr-opers,
> > calc-gnuplot-display, archive-7z-program.
>
> This is not relevant, since packages that aren't preloaded will be
> loaded at run time, and therefore the values will be evaluated in the
> correct context. If you are talking about these, then I don't
> understand what prompted you to raise this issue to begin with, and in
> a thread that discusses dumping.
To clarify: a defcustom whose default value is not a constant needs to
be re-evaluated during startup, if we want the dumped Emacs to be able
to run on another system or with different environment than at dump
time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-26 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-25 9:26 bug#66742: 30.0.50; transient-mark-mode is not enabled after re-dumping Emacs Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-26 9:11 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-10-26 11:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-26 12:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-26 12:44 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-26 13:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-26 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-10-27 9:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-27 10:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-27 10:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-27 10:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-27 10:59 ` Mauro Aranda
2023-10-27 11:08 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-26 13:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-26 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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