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/packages.el	Tue Oct 12 18:14:12 2010 +0100
+++ b/lisp/packages.el	Tue Oct 12 21:11:46 2010 +0100
@@ -31,23 +31,7 @@
 ;; This file is dumped with XEmacs.
 
 ;; This file provides low level facilities for XEmacs startup --
-;; particularly regarding the package setup.  This code has to run in
-;; what we call "bare temacs" -- i.e. XEmacs without the usual Lisp
-;; environment.  Pay special attention:
-
-;; - not to use the `lambda' macro.  Use #'(lambda ...) instead.
-;;   (this goes for any package loaded before `subr.el'.)
-;;
-;; - not to use macros, because they are not yet available (and this
-;;   file must be loadable uncompiled.)  Built in macros, such as
-;;   `when' and `unless' are fine, of course.
-;;
-;; - not to use `defcustom'.  If you must add user-customizable
-;;   variables here, use `defvar', and add the variable to
-;;   `cus-start.el'.
-
-;; Because of all this, make sure that the stuff you put here really
-;; belongs here.
+;; particularly regarding the package setup.
 
 ;; This file requires find-paths.el.