bug#43780: 27.1; defvaralias and define-obsolete-variable-alias

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Seems like a bug to me.  Why shouldn't the last alias declaration win?

It is "winning", I guess, but the variable is still obsolete, and Emacs
should tell you so, even if somebody has been so unfortunate as to load
this library.

> Please tell me the best way to leave my code alone, using
> `inhibit-null-byte-detection', and yet eliminate (only) this
> byte-compiler warning.
>
> Should I just use (put 'inhibit-null-byte-detection
> 'byte-obsolete-variable nil)?

If you want to cause additional problems for people; sure.  

I don't see anything to fix here, so I'm closing this bug report.

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