bug#41329: [feature/native-comp] The Makefile only checks for .elc files.

[Andrea Corallo]

Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo@gmail.com> writes:

> There is a problem with the build system for .eln files. The Makefile
> only has a
> target creating *.elc files.

Yes the main reason for that is that the Makefile is not aware of which
files are lexical and can be compiled and which are dynamic and can't.

> This means that if you use Emacs to
> change an .el
> file and you set it up to byte-compile .el files on save you will
> never
> recompile the .eln files.

I'm not sure I understand.  I you mean that manually byte-compiling a
file prevents the .eln compilation to happen if make is invoked
afterwards then yes.  But make should be used.

> This can also be reproduced if you press C-c on a terminal that is
> native-compiling. The .eln file will not be produced, but the .elc
> will be in
> the filesystem and `make` will not try to native-compile the file
> again.

I don't think so, the .elc is renamed with their final filename after
the .eln has been produced to prevent exactly that.

This build system arrangement is till we have dynamic scope compilation
and we can clean it up.

  Andrea

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