Re: master 1d4e903417: Speed up generation of loaddefs files

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-06-11 13:03:40] wrote:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> Backtrace attached.  The same error occurs with a subsequent:
>>
>> C-x C-c
>> $ emacs -Q
>> M-x package-initialize RET
>>
>> I guess either the -autoloads.el file should continue to be generated
>> unconditionally, or its nonexistence should not be regarded as an error.
>
> I guess generating the file unconditionally would be possible...  but
> perhaps it'd be better if this didn't signal an error?  Perhaps Stefan
> has an opinion here; added to the CCs.

Even in the absence of any autoload cookies, the generated file is
supposed to contain:

     "(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name
                         (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))")

so it's necessary to produce the file.


        Stefan