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bug#40099: 28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] Different working dir of .eln
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Andrea Corallo |
Subject: |
bug#40099: 28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] Different working dir of .eln files is not expected by pdf-tools |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:57:49 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Great I think the problem is clear, pdf-tools is using `load-file-name'
>> as a way to obtain `pdf-tools-directory' but this is false assumption
>> for the eln folder directory we have arranged.
>
> Good point, indeed. This problem already exists in theory in some
> systems (such as Debian in the past) where byte-compiled files were
> placed in a different directory (for the case where several major
> versions of Emacs are used, with packages re-compiled separately for
> each major version).
>
> But yes, this will bite much more often.
>
> We could lie (set `load-file-name` to point to the source file, for
> example) or introduce some function to go from the `load-file-name` to
> the "intended" origin (something like the name of the source file) and
> update all packages to use that function?
Right. Thinking about I'd be for lying, effectively and simmetrically
we already do that for the `load-path'. The new function in contrast
should be adopted by all packages so I see it more problematic.
>> Adding Stephane in cc to get an optinion on this.
>
> I assume that was a typo, I didn't see nay Stephane in the Cc.
I see you in Cc here:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40099#14
perhaps I did something wrong.
Andrea
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