Fix straight.elc with multiple Emacs versions

libvirgo · Jul 13, 2019 · 7ea8798 · 7ea8798
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diff --git a/bootstrap.el b/bootstrap.el
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
               nil 'nomessage 'nosuffix)
         (setq emacs-version-changed nil))
       (when emacs-version-changed
+        ;; Sometimes when switching between different Emacs versions,
+        ;; we get an odd error message "Cannot overwrite file". This
+        ;; is solved by deleting the .elc file before trying to
+        ;; recompile.
+        (delete-file (concat straight.el "c"))
         ;; Don't use the optional LOAD argument for
         ;; `byte-compile-file' because it emits a message.
         (byte-compile-file straight.el)