From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alex <alex@bennee.com>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 2577@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2577: 23.0.91; startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:49:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv63inykyj.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090305084439.GR28813@bennee.com> (alex@bennee.com's message of "Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:44:40 +0100")
> Currently startup.el warns if .emacs.elc is newer than .emacs however
> this hides subtle bugs if people don't carefully watch their logs/mode
> line during startup. Although many people have clever auto-compile
> magic every tiome they save .emacs this often break down when they
> pull in updates via SCMs.
I think that if people compile their .emacs they get what they ask for.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-05 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-05 8:44 bug#2577: 23.0.91; startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer Alex
2009-03-05 16:49 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-03-06 10:18 ` Alex
2009-03-06 10:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-06 13:37 ` Jason Rumney
2009-03-07 22:08 ` Alex
2009-03-07 23:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-08 1:06 ` Lennart Borgman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-03-06 20:04 Phil Hagelberg
2009-03-06 20:23 ` Glenn Morris
2009-03-07 14:24 ` Leo
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