bug#81223: [PATCH] Fix file-missing error during async native compilation

James Cherti <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello Sean and Phillip,
>
> Please don't make it difficult to contribute to Emacs.
>
> I would appreciate it if we focused on the core changes
> rather than nitpicking.
>
> The latest patch already includes comments that are clear
> enough and is ready to be merged.

FWIW I just left a comment for you to know that whoever will merge this,
would eventually point out that you were missing a bug number reference,
and I wanted to save you the potential roundtrip.

> On 2026-08-07 06:45, Sean Whitton wrote:
>> James Cherti [06/Aug  7:20pm -04] wrote:
>>> Subject: [PATCH] Fix file-missing error during async native compilation (bug#81223)
>>>
>>> The async native compilation queue can sometimes retain stale jobs for
>>> files that no longer exist on disk (for example, when files are removed
>>> during a package upgrade or deletion). Attempting to resolve the target
>>> .eln filename for these missing files signals a file-missing error.
>> Please remove this or move it into comments.  We prefer not to have
>> extensive commentary in commit messages, see CONTRIBUTE.
>> 
>>> * lisp/emacs-lisp/comp-run.el (comp--run-async-workers): Verify source
>>> files exist before attempting to resolve their .eln paths in the
>>> dispatch loop. In the process sentinel, wrap the compilation block in a
>>> condition-case to catch file-missing errors and prevent the async worker
>>> queue from stalling.
>> Possibly this could be made shorter too, but it's less important.
>> 
>
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