Load version.el early on.

diff --git a/lisp/loadup.el b/lisp/loadup.el
index fd5b4924d3ddaa4f80f88b1894d7d7641c4fc8fe..71d23f4a0a4e4f0a3819a8ac5678bd6c8eee8b8c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/loadup.el
+++ b/lisp/loadup.el
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 (buffer-disable-undo "*scratch*")
 
 (load "subr")
+
+;; We specify .el in case someone compiled version.el by mistake.
+(load "version.el")
+
 (garbage-collect)
 (load "byte-run")
 (garbage-collect)
@@ -130,9 +134,6 @@
 (garbage-collect)
 (load "vc-hooks")
 
-;; We specify .el in case someone compiled version.el by mistake.
-(load "version.el")
-
 ;If you want additional libraries to be preloaded and their
 ;doc strings kept in the DOC file rather than in core,
 ;you may load them with a "site-load.el" file.