From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7989: 23.2.91; How do I update "local" autoloads? Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 11:57:19 -0400 Message-ID: <87y62nvktc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87lj1uljg8.fsf@sc3d.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1304444226 32756 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2011 17:37:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 17:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7989@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 03 19:37:02 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJWu-0003NN-G9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 19:37:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48350 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJWu-0003hp-0u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:37:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52852) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJWq-0003gA-Pi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:36:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJWp-0008SA-Vk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37681) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJWp-0008S6-RL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:36:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJDa-0000Q6-7f; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87lj1uljg8.fsf@sc3d.org> Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 17:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7989 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7989-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7989.13044430141597 (code B ref 7989); Tue, 03 May 2011 17:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7989) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 May 2011 17:16:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJDR-0000Ph-ND for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.143]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHJDQ-0000PT-59 for 7989@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 13:16:52 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (static-66-16-23-114.dsl.cavtel.net [66.16.23.114]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p43HGhJZ011287 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 3 May 2011 13:16:44 -0400 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA8521604EB; Tue, 3 May 2011 11:57:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.143 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 13:17:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:46167 Archived-At: > *File M-x update-file-autoloads puts autoloads into. > A `.el' file can set this in its local variables section to make its > autoloads go somewhere else. > > First, there's something missing here: it doesn't explain that if the > value is a plain file name, then a directory is automatically > prepended (and that's the source directory, which seems odd). I've clarified the docstring, thanks. > 2. I could set generated-autoload-file before running > update-directory-autoloads, but I have no idea whether this would have > a deleterious effect on, for example, ELPA. In a nutshell, why would I > want to set a global variable for a one-off operation? ELPA isn't affected, because it explicitly binds generated-autoload-file to an absolute filename before running update-directory-autoloads. I agree that the interactive interfaces to update-file-autoloads and update-directory-autoloads are not very friendly. Maybe when they are called interactively, they should prompt for generated-autoload-file.