From a7a3ad8f5c61f9ff9e9c0a33359361ad4c8bd69a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:47 +0000
Subject: Add current directory to load-path in elisp-compile.

svn path=/emacs-overlay/; revision=1133
---
 eclass/ChangeLog           |  6 ++++++
 eclass/elisp-common.eclass | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'eclass')

diff --git a/eclass/ChangeLog b/eclass/ChangeLog
index 565d718..75c2599 100644
--- a/eclass/ChangeLog
+++ b/eclass/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-20  Ulrich Mueller  <ulm@gentoo.org>
+
+	* elisp-common.eclass (elisp-compile): Add current directory to
+	load-path, to ensure that interdependent elisp files are visible
+	between themselves.
+
 2008-08-10  Ulrich Mueller  <ulm@gentoo.org>
 
 	* elisp-common.eclass (elisp-site-regen): Fix issue with empty
diff --git a/eclass/elisp-common.eclass b/eclass/elisp-common.eclass
index 4dc9ed3..cc2c3eb 100644
--- a/eclass/elisp-common.eclass
+++ b/eclass/elisp-common.eclass
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
 # src_compile() usage:
 #
 # An elisp file is compiled by the elisp-compile() function defined here and
-# simply takes the source files as arguments.
+# simply takes the source files as arguments. The case of interdependent
+# elisp files is also supported, since the current directory is added to the
+# load-path which makes sure that all files are loadable.
 #
 #   	elisp-compile *.el || die "elisp-compile failed"
 #
-# In the case of interdependent elisp files, you can use the elisp-comp()
-# function which makes sure all files are loadable.
-#
-#   	elisp-comp *.el || die "elisp-comp failed"
+# Formerly, function elisp-comp() was used for compilation of interdependent
+# elisp files. This usage is considered as obsolete.
 #
 # Function elisp-make-autoload-file() can be used to generate a file with
 # autoload definitions for the lisp functions.  It takes the output file name
@@ -148,10 +148,18 @@ EMACSFLAGS="-batch -q --no-site-file"
 # @USAGE: <list of elisp files>
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Byte-compile Emacs Lisp files.
+#
+# This function uses GNU Emacs to byte-compile all ".el" specified by its
+# arguments. The resulting byte-code (".elc") files are placed in the same
+# directory as their corresponding source file.
+#
+# The current directory is added to the load-path. This will ensure that
+# interdependent Emacs Lisp files are visible between themselves, in case they
+# require or load one another.
 
 elisp-compile() {
 	ebegin "Compiling GNU Emacs Elisp files"
-	${EMACS} ${EMACSFLAGS} -f batch-byte-compile "$@"
+	${EMACS} ${EMACSFLAGS} -L . -f batch-byte-compile "$@"
 	eend $? "batch-byte-compile failed"
 }
 
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