From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20867: 24.5; Change behavior of `batch-byte-compile' for directory arguments Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:17:35 +0200 Message-ID: <871ry4d1qo.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="71382"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 20867@debbugs.gnu.org To: Philipp Stephani Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 01 23:18:14 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htISj-000IQg-Ul for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:18:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59256 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htISi-0006Hd-Ok for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:18:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36201) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htISZ-0006HN-AC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:18:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htISY-0000Vm-2n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46693) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htISX-0000VK-Ua for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htISX-0007e5-M6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20867 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 20867-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20867.156469426529358 (code B ref 20867); Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20867) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2019 21:17:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55512 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htISH-0007dS-Ad for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:17:45 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:46648) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htISC-0007d5-6r for 20867@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:17:41 -0400 Original-Received: from 77.18.62.220.tmi.telenormobil.no ([77.18.62.220] helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htIS7-000400-OM; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:17:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Philipp Stephani's message of "Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:25:04 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:164282 Archived-At: Philipp Stephani writes: > The behavior of `batch-byte-compile' differs between file name and > directory arguments: For file name arguments, compilation happens if > NOFORCE is not set, if the destination file doesn't exist, or if it is > older than the source file. For directories, however, compilations > happens if the destination file already exists *and* it is older than > the source file; NOFORCE is ignored. This behavior is not documented, > and I find it quite unintuitive. Please change the behavior for > directories to match the behavior for files. Yes, that's pretty odd behaviour, but I don't think it makes sense to change it now -- it's been like this for decades. Instead I've now just explained what it does in the doc string in Emacs 27. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no