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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el index bc1f4af6a9a..0445e7ca63e 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el @@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ extension is optional), or a C file. C files are expanded relative to the Emacs \"src/\" directory. Lisp files are searched for using `locate-library', and if that fails they are expanded relative to the location of the file containing the -declaration. +declaration. A FILE with an \"ext:\" prefix is an external file. +`check-declare' will check such files if they are found, and skip +them without error if they are not. Note that for the purposes of `check-declare', this statement must be the first non-whitespace on a line, and everything up to |