>> Why do you need to look at diffs? > In order to extract the version number.
I don't understand: it's right there in the file, you don't need the diffs to extract it, no? > Does :manual ("doc/auctex.texi" "doc/preview-latex.texi") tell elpa to > build the docs again although the recipe's :make "all" did already build > them (but at the "wrong" location)? Yup (the two know nothing of each other). > That would be ok for me; I would also be willing to add a special elpa > make target moving the files or generating another top-level dir file. You could also replace the "make all" with another target that doesn't build the docs. [ This assumes that the `:manual ...` thingy does successfully&correctly build the docs. ] > But I certainly want the additional benefit of having the docs linked. That happens only if you use `:manual ...`. Stefan