From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20968: 25.0.50; Be able to specify the output directory for `byte-compile-file' Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 16:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <23829743-922e-4304-8ab3-b762b8193860@default> <74y4iytdjg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435881146 15605 80.91.229.3 (2 Jul 2015 23:52:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:52:26 +0000 (UTC) To: Glenn Morris , 20968@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 03 01:52:13 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoH6-0005oK-6B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:52:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38734 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoH5-0002S4-BE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:52:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50207) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoH2-0002Rx-TD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:52:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoGx-0004bp-43 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:52:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoGx-0004bl-0f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:52:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoGw-0002mX-Nm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20968 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20968-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20968.143588107610633 (code B ref 20968); Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20968) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2015 23:51:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38093 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoGB-0002lQ-CB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:51:15 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:40628) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZAoG9-0002l9-96 for 20968@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:51:14 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t62Np6fC001171 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:51:07 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t62Np60r023265 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:51:06 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t62Np5xn001215; Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:51:05 GMT In-Reply-To: <74y4iytdjg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:104640 Archived-At: > > Enhancement request. > > > > 1. Be able to specify the output directory for *.elc files to > > `byte-compile-file'. See this emacs.SE question: > > http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/13596/105. >=20 > This request doesn't make a lot of sense to me (I feel like saying > this for many of these "here's a forward of a thing I read on Stack- > foo"), because Emacs expects .el and .elc to live in the same place. I don't necessarily disagree with the first part. I won't be using this feature myself, in any case. Emacs expects .el and .elc to be in the same place only in the general sense of providing for that and of being written from the point of view that that is what users will likely do: put them in the same place. Emacs expects this only because that's all it's ever known. That's what an enhancement request is about: teaching Emacs something new. Emacs does not "expect" it in the sense of requiring it, AFAIK. Even now a user could put *.el and *.elc in different dirs, and put both dirs in `load-path' (in whichever order). Anyway, I won't argue strongly for this, but I also don't (yet) see it as something undesirable or unsurmountable.