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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el index e6f6a12b53d..9ece8ec6f02 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el @@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ Files in subdirectories of DIRECTORY are processed also." (byte-recompile-directory directory nil t)) ;;;###autoload -(defun byte-recompile-directory (directory &optional arg force) +(defun byte-recompile-directory (directory &optional arg force follow-symlinks) "Recompile every `.el' file in DIRECTORY that needs recompilation. This happens when a `.elc' file exists but is older than the `.el' file. Files in subdirectories of DIRECTORY are processed also. @@ -1759,7 +1759,11 @@ compile it. A nonzero ARG also means ask about each subdirectory before scanning it. If the third argument FORCE is non-nil, recompile every `.el' file -that already has a `.elc' file." +that already has a `.elc' file. + +This command will normally not follow symlinks when compiling +files. If FOLLOW-SYMLINKS is non-nil, symlinked `.el' files will +also be compiled." (interactive "DByte recompile directory: \nP") (if arg (setq arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))) (if noninteractive @@ -1792,7 +1796,8 @@ that already has a `.elc' file." (if (file-directory-p source) (and (not (member file '("RCS" "CVS"))) (not (eq ?\. (aref file 0))) - (not (file-symlink-p source)) + (or follow-symlinks + (not (file-symlink-p source))) ;; This file is a subdirectory. Handle them differently. (or (null arg) (eq 0 arg) (y-or-n-p (concat "Check " source "? "))) |