bug#53646: closed (27.2; auto-insert-mode causes interactive prompt for update-directory-autoloads)

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> 27.2; auto-insert-mode causes interactive prompt for update-directory-autoloads
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> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 17:06:40 -0800
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> When `auto-insert-mode` is enabled, `update-directory-autoloads` causes an
> interactive prompt to appear for inserting an Emacs Lisp header.
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> This is because `update-directory-autoloads` calls
> `autoload-find-generated-file`, which uses `find-file-noselect`.
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> Arguably, it's wrong to use `find-file-noselect` programmaticaly
> (https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/2898), but I understand that
> `find-file-noselect` does some convenient magic like decoding.  A quick
> hacky fix would be to `let`-bind `auto-insert` to nil in
> `autoload-find-generated-file`.
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> In GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.27, cairo 
> version 1.17.4)
>  of 2021-03-26 built on juergen
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101003
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#53646: 27.2; auto-insert-mode causes interactive prompt for update-directory-autoloads Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 23:54:01 -0800

Yep, it looks like it's fixed, thanks.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:44 AM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:

Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:

> When `auto-insert-mode` is enabled, `update-directory-autoloads` causes an
> interactive prompt to appear for inserting an Emacs Lisp header.
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> This is because `update-directory-autoloads` calls
> `autoload-find-generated-file`, which uses `find-file-noselect`.

I think this was fixed for Emacs 28 -- would it be possible for you to
try building that and see whether the problem is still present there?

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