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From: ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: bug in 22.0.50.1 ?? no rmailgen.el
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:01:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44F24052.1070109@speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17650.9781.484269.290976@kahikatea.snap.net.nz>

Nick Roberts wrote:
>  > >> Looking at ~/.gnu-emacs shows:
>  > >>
>  > >> ;; 8. Load package [REQUIRED].
>  > >> (if (file-exists-p "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rmailgen.el")
>  > >>     (require 'rmailgen))
>  > > 
>  > > Where did that ~/.gnu-emacs file come from, and why does it try to
>  > > look for rmailgen?
>  > >
>  > >> (Note: I would think that the installation routine shouldn't assume that
>  > >> emacs will be installed under /usr/share/emacs/.)
>  > > 
>  > > Sorry, I cannot figure out what you meant here.
>  > 
>  > You seem to be saying that ~/.gnu-emacs is not part of the install of
>  > the CVS version in question, yes?
> 
> Yes.  And /usr/share/emacs is generally used by the package maintainers
> of the GNU/Linux distributions, not CVS Emacs.
> 

Thanks for the tip.  I'm discovering that there's a lot of differences
between CVS emacs and a distributed package of the same.  The oral
tradition as a means of imparting knowledge seems to be the same though. :)

  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-28  1:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-26 16:33 bug in 22.0.50.1 ?? no rmailgen.el ken
2006-08-27 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-27 19:25   ` ken
2006-08-27 22:29     ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-28  0:52       ` ken
2006-08-28 12:44         ` Robert J. Chassell
2006-08-28 21:12         ` Default init files in GNU/Linux distributions (was: bug in 22.0.50.1 ?? no rmailgen.el) Reiner Steib
2006-08-30 10:41           ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-28 22:10         ` bug in 22.0.50.1 ?? no rmailgen.el Richard Stallman
2006-08-27 23:09     ` Nick Roberts
2006-08-28  1:01       ` ken [this message]
2006-08-28 22:10         ` Richard Stallman

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