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bug#7989: 23.2.91; How do I update "local" autoloads?
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#7989: 23.2.91; How do I update "local" autoloads? |
Date: |
Tue, 03 May 2011 11:57:19 -0400 |
> *File M-x update-file-autoloads puts autoloads into.
> A `.el' file can set this in its local variables section to make its
> autoloads go somewhere else.
>
> First, there's something missing here: it doesn't explain that if the
> value is a plain file name, then a directory is automatically
> prepended (and that's the source directory, which seems odd).
I've clarified the docstring, thanks.
> 2. I could set generated-autoload-file before running
> update-directory-autoloads, but I have no idea whether this would have
> a deleterious effect on, for example, ELPA. In a nutshell, why would I
> want to set a global variable for a one-off operation?
ELPA isn't affected, because it explicitly binds generated-autoload-file
to an absolute filename before running update-directory-autoloads.
I agree that the interactive interfaces to update-file-autoloads and
update-directory-autoloads are not very friendly. Maybe when they are
called interactively, they should prompt for generated-autoload-file.
- bug#7989: 23.2.91; How do I update "local" autoloads?,
Chong Yidong <=