From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "rgb" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need advice for upgrading (21.3 --> 21.4) Date: 8 Apr 2005 14:50:35 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1112997035.411779.99130@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> References: <4256e507$0$43984$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112997183 15243 80.91.229.2 (8 Apr 2005 21:53:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 08 23:53:02 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK1P6-0006VF-2K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:52:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DK0yg-00068p-7d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:25:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.74.20.74 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1112997039 20733 127.0.0.1 (8 Apr 2005 21:50:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:50:39 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <4256e507$0$43984$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=198.74.20.74; posting-account=C7LM4w0AAAD23IRuMuUUJVCLQTuHhTK8 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129931 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:25494 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25494 Madhusudan Singh wrote: > Hi > > 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 ? > > Thanks. The difference between 21.3 and 21.4 was security related. There were no feature changes. The `upgrade' should make no difference to the operation of any personal macros or other packages you've added.