GNU bug report logs - #18976
25.0.50; packages with elisp in subdirectories

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 15:16:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 23607, 23636

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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Report forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18976; Package emacs. (Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:16:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org. (Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:16:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; packages with elisp in subdirectories
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:15:14 -0700
I'd like to distribute a package that has elisp in a subdirectory of its
top-level directory.  This works reasonably well because
byte-recompile-directory searches subdirectories.

However, autoload cookies aren't extracted from subdirectories, because
update-directory-autoloads doesn't do this same subdir search.

I'd like it if either update-directory-autoloads searched subdirs, or if
package.el did this.




In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.8 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.9)
 of 2014-11-05 on bapiya
Repository revision: 118301 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca-20141106032723-sooywb316jlfcpd9
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.11404000
Configured using:
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Recent messages:
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Load-path shadows:
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/css-mode-1.0/css-mode hides /home/tromey/Emacs/install/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/textmodes/css-mode
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/bubbles-0.5/bubbles hides /home/tromey/Emacs/install/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/play/bubbles

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Tom




Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18976; Package emacs. (Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18976: 25.0.50; packages with elisp in subdirectories
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:19:12 -0500
> I'd like to distribute a package that has elisp in a subdirectory of its
> top-level directory.

Why?


        Stefan




Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18976; Package emacs. (Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:34:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18976: 25.0.50; packages with elisp in subdirectories
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:32:53 -0700
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> I'd like to distribute a package that has elisp in a subdirectory of its
>> top-level directory.

Stefan> Why?

I want to have a bunch of sub-features without mangling the names of
every file.  Like (require 'something/sub-feature).

Tom




Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18976; Package emacs. (Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #14 received at 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 18976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18976: 25.0.50; packages with elisp in subdirectories
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:20:44 -0500
>>> I'd like to distribute a package that has elisp in a subdirectory of its
>>> top-level directory.
Stefan> Why?
> I want to have a bunch of sub-features without mangling the names of
> every file.  Like (require 'something/sub-feature).

Hmm... clearly we could change package.el to search subdirs.  Maybe his
original author could come up with a patch (potentially by changing
update-directory-autoloads, tho such a change should be careful not to
affect existing behavior).

In the mean time, the best I can offer is to use something like

   ;;;###autoload (load "blabla" 'noerror t)
   (eval-when-compile
     (let ((generated-autoload-file "blabla"))
       (update-directory-autoloads "foo")))

in one of the top-level files.  It does have the disadvantage that these
autoloads aren't available during byte-compilation of the files.


        Stefan




Merged 18976 23607 23636. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 15 Jun 2016 03:42:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug closed, send any further explanations to 23607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:57:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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