bug#23607: Please apply this patched function to package.el in Emacs 25.

[Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>]

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:
>> Replacing this function in package.el allows for correct generation of
the
>> <package>-autoloads.el file for packages that have .el files in multiple
>> subdirectories.
>
> FWIW, I think this will break the dash package which includes
> a dev/ert.el file with autoload cookies in it and those shouldn't be
> placed into the dash-autoloads.el file.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
> PS: Please send it as a patch so we can see what changed without having
> to try and guess.

Here is the patch.  -- Bob


*** package-orig.el 2016-05-17 12:16:33.000000000 -0400
--- package.el 2016-06-15 14:43:46.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 916,928 ****
           (backup-inhibited t)
           (version-control 'never))
      (package-autoload-ensure-default-file generated-autoload-file)
!     (update-directory-autoloads pkg-dir)
      (let ((buf (find-buffer-visiting generated-autoload-file)))
        (when buf (kill-buffer buf)))
      auto-name))

  (defun package--make-autoloads-and-stuff (pkg-desc pkg-dir)
   "Generate autoloads, description file, etc.. for PKG-DESC installed at
PKG-DIR."
    (package-generate-autoloads (package-desc-name pkg-desc) pkg-dir)
    (let ((desc-file (expand-file-name (package--description-file pkg-dir)
                                       pkg-dir)))
--- 913,929 ----
           (backup-inhibited t)
           (version-control 'never))
      (package-autoload-ensure-default-file generated-autoload-file)
!     (apply #'update-directory-autoloads pkg-dir
!   (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (f) (and (file-directory-p f)
!      (not (file-symlink-p f))
!      f))
!     (directory-files pkg-dir t "[a-zA-Z].*" nil))))
      (let ((buf (find-buffer-visiting generated-autoload-file)))
        (when buf (kill-buffer buf)))
      auto-name))

  (defun package--make-autoloads-and-stuff (pkg-desc pkg-dir)
   "Generate autoloads, description file, etc.. for PKG-DESC installed at
PKG-DIR."
    (package-generate-autoloads (package-desc-name pkg-desc) pkg-dir)
    (let ((desc-file (expand-file-name (package--description-file pkg-dir)
                                       pkg-dir)))

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