Re: [PATCH] port elisp-compilation support to emacs-23.1 and newer

[Jim Meyering]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Glenn Morris <address@hidden> wrote:
> The obsolete bytecomp feature is back as of Emacs 9964db4.

Thanks, I noticed when that was restored, but have been a way for a while.

> BTW, why doesn't lisp.am use the standard "-f batch-byte-compile"
> method of producing .elc files?
>
> Your two issues that affected only automake illustrate that the way
> automake generates .elc files is different to the vast majority of
> Emacs projects.

Thanks for the suggestion, Glenn. However, I don't see how "-f
batch-byte-compile" can be used when the .elc file must be created in
a directory separate from the one containing the .el file. I think
automake generates code the way it does because GNU coding standards
mandate that one be able to build from a read-only hierarchy of
sources (think read-only media).