* subr.el (with-current-buffer): don't use backquotes to avoid

  bootstrapping problems.
loadup.el (load-path): add subdirs for bootstrapping.
(docstrings): ignore errors during bootstrapping.
(args): new `bootstrap' argument (for use in place of `dump').

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a0cc9ac8e60..742588131b8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1999-10-12  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
+
+        * subr.el (with-current-buffer): don't use backquotes to avoid
+          bootstrapping problems.
+        loadup.el (load-path): add subdirs for bootstrapping.
+        (docstrings): ignore errors during bootstrapping.
+        (args): new `bootstrap' argument (for use in place of `dump').
+
 1999-10-12  Emmanuel Briot  <briot@gnat.com>
 
         * ada-stmt.el: Doc-string fixes.
diff --git a/lisp/loadup.el b/lisp/loadup.el
index 86122146a6e..ec1e2584e9a 100644
--- a/lisp/loadup.el
+++ b/lisp/loadup.el
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+;; add subdirectories to the load-path for files that might
+;; get autoloaded when bootstrapping
+(if (or (equal (nth 3 command-line-args) "bootstrap")
+        (equal (nth 4 command-line-args) "bootstrap"))
+    (let ((path (car load-path)))
+      (setq load-path (list path
+                            (expand-file-name "emacs-lisp" path)
+                            (expand-file-name "international" path)))))
+
 (message "Using load-path %s" load-path)
 
 ;;; We don't want to have any undo records in the dumped Emacs.
@@ -39,9 +48,10 @@
 ;; We specify .el in case someone compiled version.el by mistake.
 (load "version.el")
 
-(load "map-ynp")
 (load "widget")
 (load "custom")
+(autoload '\` "emacs-lisp/backquote" nil nil 'macro)
+(load "map-ynp")
 (load "cus-start")
 (load "international/mule")
 (load "international/mule-conf.el") ;Don't get confused if someone compiled this by mistake.
@@ -204,7 +214,9 @@
             (delete-file name))
         (copy-file (expand-file-name "../etc/DOC") name t))
       (Snarf-documentation (file-name-nondirectory name)))
-    (Snarf-documentation "DOC"))
+    (condition-case nil
+        (Snarf-documentation "DOC")
+      (error nil)))
 (message "Finding pointers to doc strings...done")
 
 ;;;Note: You can cause additional libraries to be preloaded
@@ -244,13 +256,18 @@
   (setq symbol-file-load-history-loaded t))
 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
 
+;; reset the load-path.  See lread.c:init_lread why.
+(if (or (equal (nth 3 command-line-args) "bootstrap")
+        (equal (nth 4 command-line-args) "bootstrap"))
+    (setcdr load-path nil))
+
 (garbage-collect)
 
 ;;; At this point, we're ready to resume undo recording for scratch.
 (buffer-enable-undo "*scratch*")
 
-(if (or (equal (nth 3 command-line-args) "dump")
-        (equal (nth 4 command-line-args) "dump"))
+(if (or (member (nth 3 command-line-args) '("dump" "bootstrap"))
+        (member (nth 4 command-line-args) '("dump" "bootstrap")))
     (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
         (progn 
           (message "Dumping data as file temacs.dump")
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index c2e01916f98..66c1986f4b5 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -977,9 +977,9 @@ Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell."
   "Execute the forms in BODY with BUFFER as the current buffer.
 The value returned is the value of the last form in BODY.
 See also `with-temp-buffer'."
-  `(save-current-buffer
-    (set-buffer ,buffer)
-    ,@body))
+  (cons 'save-current-buffer
+        (cons (list 'set-buffer buffer)
+              body)))
 
 (defmacro with-temp-file (file &rest body)
   "Create a new buffer, evaluate BODY there, and write the buffer to FILE.