Re: lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-loaddefs.el in git archive

[Stefan Monnier]

> Each build updates the file,

I suspect that's only an impression of yours.  If not, it's a bug.
Yes, some builds update the file, but not "each".

> Does the file need to exist in the git archive?

For bootstrapping reasons, it's convenient to have it in the archive.

> It looks to be a generated file.

It is a generated file, indeed.

> Ahh, it appears that something is using it before it would have been
> created or updated.  This would appear to be a build bug.  Can someone
> who is more familiar with this process help me understand why this is
> the way it is, so I can sort it out for the git archive?

We could probably get rid of all those files (including ldefs-boot.el),
but nobody has tried yet, AFAIK.


        Stefan