From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need advice for upgrading (21.3 --> 21.4) Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 14:31:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4256e507$0$43984$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Reply-To: Reiner Steib NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113055412 7104 80.91.229.2 (9 Apr 2005 14:03:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:03:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 09 16:03:29 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DKGXd-0004q4-3W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:02:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DKG7L-0004Tg-OG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:35:19 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 'bg&jY[8V'W&:=~6w"|>}#4/T; w~36ei4NNMyKRR.a$n=$|sWFPF1y]a\>6kc\*#GN]UDM| Ywv, vbL^XF1nIp\:F=$Ei2o&mEe:%N~, :3]vtQ~s9u$9izmX$IF@VgGl7/, ^dbuM<3|AO2}.%|%?kZ 2Y=@\U!~cll^=8Z9ihKq%wmUe1Ky(#kl3T'>Qk0Ia3mCBsTk?E(,X Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FbQjPuPER3cvsoHLjbCxVYF5bCM= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-212-144-129-130.arcor-ip.net Original-X-Trace: news.uni-ulm.de 1113055274 212.144.129.130 (9 Apr 2005 16:01:14 +0200) Original-Lines: 25 X-Authenticated-User: rsteib Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129942 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:25505 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25505 On Fri, Apr 08 2005, Madhusudan Singh wrote: > I am using emacs 21.3 (I compiled it myself with elisp, leim, auctex, > dvipng, etc.) on Debian Linux (Sarge). > > I wish to upgrade to version 21.4 from sources. My emacs installation is > located in /usr/local/emacs. What is the best way to upgrade from source > while making sure that none of the configurations and the great packages > that I have installed after a year or so of use, get lost, and work with > version 21.4 ? 21.3 and 21.4 differ only in a security bug fix in the movemail program. You could compile 21.4 (or only the movemail program) and replace only the movemail binary (located in /emacs///movemail). But if you have installed the lisp packages (like AUCTeX) in the site-lisp directory, a new (full) installation of Emacs shouldn't do any harm. Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/