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Separate built-in packages from elpa packages, for efficiency. * emacs-lisp/package.el: Don't put built-in packages in package-alist, to avoid loading inefficiencies. (package-built-in-p): Make VERSION optional, and treat it as a minimum acceptable version. (package-activate): Search separately for built-in packages. Emit a warning if a dependency fails. (define-package): Handle most common case, where there is no obsolete package, first. (package-compute-transaction): Print required version in error. (package--initialized): New variable. (list-packages): Use it. (package-initialize): Optional arg NO-ACTIVATE. Don't put built-in packages in packages-alist; keep it separate. Set package--initialized. (describe-package): Avoid activating packages as a side-effect. Search separately for built-in packages. (describe-package-1): Handle the case where an elpa package is simultaneously built-in and available/installed. (package-installed-p, package--generate-package-list): Search separately for built-in packages. (package-load-descriptor): Doc fix.

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			 The admin directory

This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
and maintaining Emacs.  These files are not part of Emacs releases
because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
what you do when using them.


* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release.

** FOR-RELEASE

Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release.

** make-tarball.txt

Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc.

** admin.el

Utilities for setting version numbers and alike.

** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff

Scripts used to prepare release announcements.


* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs.

** build-configs

Build Emacs in various configurations.

** make-emacs

Build Emacs in various ways.

** quick-install-emacs

Install emacs quickly (`incrementally').

** alloc-colors.c

A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X.  Can
be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor).

** check-doc-strings

Check doc strings against documentation.

** cus-test.el

Tests for custom types and load problems.

** diff-tar-files

Show files added/removed between two tar files.


Brief description of sub-directories:

charsets		scripts for generating charset map files
			in ../etc/charsets
unidata			scripts for generating character property files
			in ../lisp/international


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