Re: Can _pkg.el come back?
>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
sb> Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> I might need to get at the '(provides-package data for a
freshly
> installed package. Moreover it is very convenient if the
> auto-autoloads.el can be regenerated from the binary package.
sb> O.K. This was initially an oversight, but seemed like it might be a
sb> good idea. I agree that regenerating the auto-autoloads.el file from
sb> the binary package is something that should be doable.
Darryl's pui-install-packages stuff makes use of the _pkg.el files i
think. each package that is updating has the installed version going from
some previous installed version to not installed. I believe it's because
the installer code can't read _pkg.el