sb> Christoph Wedler <wedler(a)fmi.uni-passau.de&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: sb> Not O.K. Why should this be done by autoload generation? sb> The `package-provide' call is due to _pkg.el: [...] sb> Any backwards compatibility on the `package-provide' should go there. Adding this line to _pkg.el with an autoload cookie is fine for me, too. See patch below. sb> There's a flag for that. Martin's changes for 21.2.5 might have sb> introduced more bytecode incompatibilities, if so there should be a sb> flag for that too. Sorry, I wasn't clear that I know the flag. It is just that --as Jan pointed out-- that the .elc files should be marked as incompatible. - Christoph diff -c /home/clstaff/wedler/sources/x-symbol/XEmacs.rules~ /home/clstaff/wedler/sources/x-symbol/XEmacs.rules *** /home/clstaff/wedler/sources/x-symbol/XEmacs.rules~ Sat Dec 5 14:47:56 1998 --- /home/clstaff/wedler/sources/x-symbol/XEmacs.rules Sat Dec 5 14:47:56 1998 *************** *** 135,140 **** --- 135,143 ---- $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el: Makefile ＠echo Creating $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el ＠echo ";;;###autoload" > $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el + ＠echo "(unless (fboundp 'package-provide)" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el + ＠echo " (fset 'package-provide 'ignore))" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el + ＠echo ";;;###autoload" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el ＠echo "(package-provide '$(PACKAGE)" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el ＠echo " :version $(VERSION)" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el ＠echo " :type '$(PKG_TYPE))" >> $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el