From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need advice for upgrading (21.3 --> 21.4) Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:04:02 +0200 Message-ID: <2c03323e3ca4eefc54e81d162b318f1e@Web.DE> References: <4256e507$0$43984$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112998342 18572 80.91.229.2 (8 Apr 2005 22:12:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 09 00:12:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1hV-0000A8-1O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:11:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1H5-00045k-AW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:44:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1G7-0003bJ-0s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1G2-0003ZP-Ro for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:43:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1G1-0003Oh-Al for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:43:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.224] (helo=smtp06.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DK1b4-0004jZ-Km for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.245.189.42] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.104 #268) id 1DK1a4-0003SE-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:04:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4256e507$0$43984$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Original-To: help-gnu-emacs X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25495 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25495 Am 08.04.2005 um 22:11 schrieb Madhusudan Singh: > My emacs installation is located in /usr/local/emacs. What is the best=20= > way to upgrade from source while making sure that none of the=20 > configurations and the great packages that I have installed after a=20 > year or so of use, get lost, and work with version 21.4 ? Put your great packages into the site-lisp directory and the site-wide=20= configurations into the same, or a file in there. Files in the=20 site-lisp directory or any of its sub-directories are not touched,=20 except for subdirs.el. So your code will be saved. In case of GNU Emacs=20= 21.4 there can be guaranteed that the upgrade won't change the function=20= of that code since the change from 21.3 to 21.4 happed only because of=20= security reasons. -- Greetings Pete There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.=20 We don't believe this to be a coincidence. - Jeremy S. Anderson -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete Hupende Autos bei=DFen nicht.=