Kevin Ryde <[email protected]> wrote: > Upgrading today "apt-get install emacs-goodies-el" got an error during > the setup phase, > > emacs21 -batch --no-site-file --multibyte --eval (setq load-path (cons "." > load-path)) -l autoload --eval (setq generated-autoload-file > (expand-file-name "emacs-goodies-loaddefs.el")) --eval (setq > make-backup-files nil) -f batch-update-autoloads . > Autoloads file > /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/emacs-goodies-loaddefs.el does > not exist > > > Generating autoloads per-flavour seems like a good idea, but something > has gone astry has it?
Guess so. Strange, this worked with emacs22, emacs23 and xemacs21. I'll install emacs21 from stable to test this since it is no longer in unstable. > (For what it's worth for some of my own stuff I ended up writing a few > lines of lisp calling `generate-file-autoloads' on each file, rather > than `batch-update-autoloads'. I forget exactly what I didn't like > about the batch update, it might have been only I wanted a header > comment and maybe a footer with a `provide'.) Interesting, thanks. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
