> From: Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:01:36 +0100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> > IOW, do you expect the byte-compile instances to be different in any > >> > way from a fresh Emacs session invoked from the shell as "emacs -Q"? > >> > >> Yes, because the current Emacs may be a different executable than the > >> one the shell would run in response to "emacs -Q". > > > > And if we make sure the same executable is run (easy on Windows)? Are > > there any other differences? > > There may have been changes in the way Emacs starts up in the meantime, > since we're considering the case where new packages get installed. > Starting Emacs with "-Q" shouldn't be affected by this, but there's no > guarantee (yes, this is a fringe case).
Sorry, I don't follow: new packages can only affect "emacs -Q" if you re-dump Emacs in between. Am I missing something?
