Re: Updating Elisp files while Emacs is running

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:41:17 +0000
> 
> Could the Elisp file directories get names that don't include the
> version number (maybe hidden behind a configure option)? Is it possible to
> install system-wide ELPA packages into directories that don't contain
> version numbers? Or is there another way, e.g. using a signal to
> reinitialize the load-path and the package system? I'm aware these
> suggestions would still cause issues if e.g. Elisp files get moved around
> or the byte code format changes, but that seems to be comparatively rare.

The (unversioned) directory that Emacs provides for these purposes is
site-lisp.