From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Monnier Subject: bug#10125: 24.0.91; package.el (org): Macros in tar packages & order of byte compilation Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:57:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <81pqgh90sp.fsf@gmail.com> <81ipm9l9kd.fsf@gmail.com> <87r50w47o3.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52769) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTxER-00051z-Es for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:58:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTxEQ-000824-9l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:58:27 -0500 Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87r50w47o3.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:07:40 +0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Cc: Glenn Morris , 10125@debbugs.gnu.org, Jambunathan K , stelian.iancu@gmail.com >>> fresh Emacs instance. There's no reason the "package manager" could not >>> spawn a separate Emacs in batch-mode as a sub-job to do the compilation. >> Very lightly tested version: > This uses the Emacs executable on the exec path, which might not be the > correct one. > I'm wary of making such a fundamental change to package.el without first > exploring possible package-specific work-arounds. Yes, this should not a candidate for 24.1. > Could problematic packages use an eval-when-compile form to forcibly > load the correct version of the required file? I think it's a sufficiently general problem that we might want to provide some special support for a good solution (tho again, I doubt there's something simple&safe enough to be a candidate for 24.1). E.g. we could add to bytecomp.el the ability to force `require' to reload a package if it's not already loaded from the file that locate-library returns. Stefan