Make the order of preloaded-file-list more sane. lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2010-10-12 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * abbrev.el (fundamental-mode-abbrev-table, global-abbrev-table): Create both these abbrev tables using the usual #'define-abbrev-table calls, rather than attempting to special-case them. * cl-extra.el: Force cl-macs to be loaded here, if cl-extra.el is being loaded interpreted. Previously other, later files would redundantly call (load "cl-macs") when interpreted, it's more reasonable to do it here, once. * cmdloop.el (read-quoted-char-radix): Use defcustom here, we don't have any dump-order dependencies that would prevent that. * custom.el (eval-when-compile): Don't load cl-macs when interpreted or when byte-compiling, rely on cl-extra.el in the former case and the appropriate entry in bytecomp-load-hook in the latter. Get rid of custom-declare-variable-list, we have no dump-time dependencies that would require it. * faces.el (eval-when-compile): Don't load cl-macs when interpreted or when byte-compiling. * packages.el: Remove some inaccurate comments. * post-gc.el (cleanup-simple-finalizers): Use #'delete-if-not here, now the order of preloaded-file-list has been changed to make it available. * subr.el (custom-declare-variable-list): Remove. No need for it. Also remove a stub define-abbrev-table from this file, given the current order of preloaded-file-list there's no need for it.

--- a/lisp/dumped-lisp.el	Tue Oct 12 18:14:12 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/dumped-lisp.el	Tue Oct 12 21:11:46 2010 +0100
@@ -23,28 +23,19 @@
 
        "backquote" 		; needed for defsubst etc.
        "bytecomp-runtime"	; define defsubst
-       "find-paths"
-       "packages"		; Bootstrap run-time lisp environment
-       "setup-paths"
-
-       ;; use custom-declare-variable-early, not defcustom, in these files
-
        "subr" 			; load the most basic Lisp functions
+       "cl"
+       "cl-extra"	; also loads cl-macs if we're running interpreted.
+       "cl-seq"
        "post-gc"
-       "replace" 		; match-string used in version.el.
-
        "version"
-
-       "cl"
-       "cl-extra"
-       "cl-seq"
+       "custom"		; Before the world so everything can be customized
+       "cus-start"	; for customization of builtin variables
+       "find-paths"
+       "packages"
+       "setup-paths"
+       "replace"
        "widget"
-       "custom"		; Before the world so everything can be
-			; customized
-       "cus-start"	; for customization of builtin variables
-
-       ;; OK, you can use defcustom from here on
-
        "cmdloop"
        "keymap"
        "syntax"