(w32-batch-update-autoloads): New function.

diff --git a/lisp/w32-fns.el b/lisp/w32-fns.el
index e87cf2886741a703355159091ddefc3662fd5aa3..004a4662f5e7ad464821e7c4ce885817f131f13e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/w32-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/w32-fns.el
@@ -456,6 +456,18 @@ they were unset."
 (setq interprogram-cut-function 'x-select-text)
 (setq interprogram-paste-function 'x-get-selection-value)
 
+\f
+;;;; Support for build process
+(defun w32-batch-update-autoloads ()
+  "Like `batch-update-autoloads', but takes the name of the autoloads file
+from the command line.
+
+This is required because some Windows build environments, such as MSYS,
+munge command-line arguments that include file names to a horrible mess
+that Emacs is unable to cope with."
+  (let ((generated-autoload-file
+        (expand-file-name (pop command-line-args-left))))
+    (batch-update-autoloads)))
 
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 ;;; w32-fns.el ends here