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diff --git a/notes.org b/notes.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e08b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/notes.org @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +* package.el + +- package-directory-list (v) + + list of additional directories containing elpa packages. In + particular this has an emacs version specific directory where we can + install byte compiled files. + + Note that having the same package-$version in two different + directories in this list seems not to work out well, since the + ordering of the constructed load-path is backwards from the list. Or + something. + +- package-unpack (f) + + does the actual installation, using dynamically bound + *package-user-dir*. The current version is safe to call without + network access, but it's probably considered internal. + +* workflow +** at package build time +- install a copied/modified package-unpack into + + $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src + + This is intentionally not ending in elpa, because of the problems + discussed immediately above with multiple versions of a package. + +- install emacsen-common helper scripts into + $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/{compat,install,remove} + +- add postinst / prerm cookies to maintainer scripts + +** at package install time +- prerm and postinst as per a normal emacsen-common using package +- don't install a startup file into /etc; that's one of our selling + points. + + |