From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: David Engster <deng@randomsample.de>
Cc: 10396@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10396: 24.0.92; update-directory-autoloads now adds path element to filename in autoload definition
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:39:21 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87liotbkue.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vcoxf1wn.fsf@engster.org> (David Engster's message of "Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:53:12 +0100")
David Engster <deng@randomsample.de> writes:
> Stefan Monnier writes:
>>> This might not be a bug, but I couldn't find anything in NEWS regarding
>>> this issue, and it breaks my personal autoload setup.
>>
>> It's a feature: since foo/bar is not in `load-path', autoload.el figures
>> that only "bar/test" will properly load the file.
>> So you just need to set `load-path' to include `foo/bar' like you
>> probably already do elsewhere.
>
> But it's a new feature, right? Emacs 23.3 doesn't seem to do that.
>
> If it's new, I think it should be mentioned in NEWS; it is an important
> change for anyone creating Emacs packages, since I now have to make sure
> that `load-path' during autoload-generation and during actual usage of
> the package is consistent.
Could you suggest a NEWS entry? That would be helpful, since I don't
understand how the current autoload behavior breaks your setup.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-27 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-29 13:37 bug#10396: 24.0.92; update-directory-autoloads now adds path element to filename in autoload definition David Engster
2011-12-30 11:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-31 10:53 ` David Engster
2012-01-27 8:39 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-01-28 18:41 ` David Engster
2012-02-26 9:51 ` Chong Yidong
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