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author | Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> | 2016-10-27 08:07:05 +0100 |
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committer | Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk> | 2016-12-13 22:15:32 +0000 |
commit | c27b645956a11fab1dd8fa189254d525390958f5 (patch) | |
tree | a32dc7bbc8758a5656b2be8f712614a9085592d6 /lisp/loadup.el | |
parent | 9e6618becaa15b104f18d54371f35f065f430f81 (diff) | |
download | emacs-c27b645956a11fab1dd8fa189254d525390958f5.tar.gz |
Replace ldefs-boot with a much smaller file
* Makefile.in (bootstrap-build,generate-ldefs-boot): New targets.
(bootstrap): Depend on bootstrap-build.
* admin/ldefs-clean.el: New file.
* lisp/Makefile.in (compile-first): Depend on loaddefs.el
* lisp/ldefs-boot.el: Remove.
* lisp/ldefs-boot-auto.el: New file.
* lisp/ldefs-boot-manual.el: New file.
* lisp/loadup.el: Load ldefs-boot-manual.el.
* src/emacs.c (generating_ldefs_boot): New variable.
(main): Check whether we are generating ldefs.
* src/eval.c (autoload-do-load): Dump autoload forms to stderr when
requested.
* src/lisp.h (generating_ldefs_boot): New variable.
* admin/gitmerge.el, admin/make-tarball.txt, admin/notes/copyright,
lisp/Makefile.in, lisp/cus-dep.el, lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el,
lisp/finder.el, lisp/loadup.el, msdos/mainmake.v2: Update reference to
ldefs-boot.
* admin/update_autogen: Alter mechanism for ldefs-boot generation.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/loadup.el')
-rw-r--r-- | lisp/loadup.el | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/loadup.el b/lisp/loadup.el index 5c16464282b..e9dd683b283 100644 --- a/lisp/loadup.el +++ b/lisp/loadup.el @@ -143,19 +143,21 @@ (load "button") ;; We don't want to store loaddefs.el in the repository because it is -;; a generated file; but it is required in order to compile the lisp files. -;; When bootstrapping, we cannot generate loaddefs.el until an -;; emacs binary has been built. We therefore compromise and keep -;; ldefs-boot.el in the repository. This does not need to be updated -;; as often as the real loaddefs.el would. Bootstrap should always -;; work with ldefs-boot.el. Therefore, Whenever a new autoload cookie -;; gets added that is necessary during bootstrapping, ldefs-boot.el -;; should be updated by overwriting it with an up-to-date copy of -;; loaddefs.el that is uncorrupted by local changes. -;; autogen/update_autogen can be used to periodically update ldefs-boot. +;; a generated file; but it is required in order to compile the lisp +;; files. When bootstrapping, we cannot generate loaddefs.el until an +;; emacs binary has been built. We therefore support the build with +;; two files, ldefs-boot-manual.el and ldefs-boot-auto.el, which +;; contain the autoloads that are actually called during bootstrap. +;; These do not need to be updated as often as the real loaddefs.el +;; would. Bootstrap should always work with ldefs-boot-manual.el. +;; Therefore, Whenever a new autoload cookie gets added that is +;; necessary during bootstrapping, ldefs-boot-auto.el should be +;; updated using the "generate-ldefs-boot" make target. +;; autogen/update_autogen can be used to periodically update +;; ldefs-boot. (condition-case nil (load "loaddefs.el") ;; In case loaddefs hasn't been generated yet. - (file-error (load "ldefs-boot.el"))) + (file-error (load "ldefs-boot-manual.el"))) (let ((new (make-hash-table :test 'equal))) ;; Now that loaddefs has populated definition-prefixes, purify its contents. |