[O] bug#10125: 24.0.91; package.el (org): Macros in tar packages & order of byte compilation

[Glenn Morris]

Glenn Morris wrote:

> fresh Emacs instance. There's no reason the "package manager" could not
> spawn a separate Emacs in batch-mode as a sub-job to do the compilation.

Very lightly tested version:

*** lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el  2011-11-20 03:48:53 +0000
--- lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el  2011-11-24 19:48:49 +0000
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*** 595,600 ****
--- 595,612 ----
        (error "Package does not untar cleanly into directory %s/" dir))))
    (tar-untar-buffer))
  
+ (defun package-compile (directory)
+   "Compile the Lisp files in DIRECTORY."
+   (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*package-compile*")
+     (goto-char (point-max))
+     (pop-to-buffer (current-buffer))
+     (or (zerop (call-process "emacs" nil t t "--batch" "--eval"
+                            (format
+                             "(progn (setq load-path (cons \"%s\" load-path))
+                                 (batch-byte-recompile-directory 0))" 
directory)
+                            directory))
+       (error "Compiling the package gave an error"))))
+ 
  (defun package-unpack (name version)
    (let* ((dirname (concat (symbol-name name) "-" version))
         (pkg-dir (expand-file-name dirname package-user-dir)))
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      (let* ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory package-user-dir)))
        (package-untar-buffer dirname)
        (package-generate-autoloads (symbol-name name) pkg-dir)
!       (let ((load-path (cons pkg-dir load-path)))
!       (byte-recompile-directory pkg-dir 0 t)))))
  
  (defun package--write-file-no-coding (file-name)
    (let ((buffer-file-coding-system 'no-conversion))
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      (let* ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory package-user-dir)))
        (package-untar-buffer dirname)
        (package-generate-autoloads (symbol-name name) pkg-dir)
!       (package-compile pkg-dir))))
  
  (defun package--write-file-no-coding (file-name)
    (let ((buffer-file-coding-system 'no-conversion))
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         pkg-file
         nil nil nil 'excl))
        (package-generate-autoloads file-name pkg-dir)
!       (let ((load-path (cons pkg-dir load-path)))
!       (byte-recompile-directory pkg-dir 0 t)))))
  
  (defmacro package--with-work-buffer (location file &rest body)
    "Run BODY in a buffer containing the contents of FILE at LOCATION.
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         pkg-file
         nil nil nil 'excl))
        (package-generate-autoloads file-name pkg-dir)
!       (package-compile pkg-dir))))
  
  (defmacro package--with-work-buffer (location file &rest body)
    "Run BODY in a buffer containing the contents of FILE at LOCATION.