Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > la, 2005-10-01 kello 16:18 -0400, Peter S Galbraith kirjoitti: > > Why is this a bug? Many Emacs lisp packages store byte compilation in > > temporary logs rather than bombarding the user during intallation. The > > contents of /tmp gets deleted in boot-up, so what's the real harm? > > The next boot might happen years from now.
Such systems must cleanup /tmp one-in-a-while some other way, right? > Is there a problem removing > the files in the package maintainer script that created them? I'm sure I'll get a bug report as soon as I do that. Heck, there's a bug report from someone who wants to explicitely see byte-compilation warnings! So you're suggesting I delete the log files after successful installation and only leave them there when there's an installation error? Any comments from the Debian-Emacsen crowd? Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
