how can i update my gnus

how can i update my gnus

[Zhang Huan]

i'm using linux, distro is fc4, however the version of gnus is 5.9.0, i want to
update gnus directly. anyone know how to do it?? the README file notice that
dont run "make install"!!!

Re: how can i update my gnus

[Bastien]

Zhang Huan writes:

> i'm using linux, distro is fc4, however the version of gnus is
> 5.9.0, i want to update gnus directly. anyone know how to do it??

See http://www.gnus.org/distribution.html:

For example in ~/elisp/:

,----
| $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
|   CVS password: gnus
| $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout gnus
| $ cd gnus
| $ ./configure
| $ make
| $ make install
`----

Then in your ~/.emacs.el:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/")

-- 
Bastien

Re: how can i update my gnus

[Zhang Huan]

Bastien <bastien@xxx.fr> writes:

> Zhang Huan writes:
> 
> > i'm using linux, distro is fc4, however the version of gnus is
> > 5.9.0, i want to update gnus directly. anyone know how to do it??
> 
> See http://www.gnus.org/distribution.html:
> 
> For example in ~/elisp/:
> 
> ,----
> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> |   CVS password: gnus
> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout gnus
> | $ cd gnus
> | $ ./configure
> | $ make
> | $ make install
> `----
> 
> Then in your ~/.emacs.el:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/")
> 
> -- 
> Bastien

i have run the commands you memsioned above, and restart gnus. it's version is
still 5.9.0 however.
why must i add (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/"), since my Emacs can
load gnus properly. 

Re: how can i update my gnus

[Zhang Huan]

Bastien <bastien@xxx.fr> writes:

> Zhang Huan writes:
>
>> i'm using linux, distro is fc4, however the version of gnus is
>> 5.9.0, i want to update gnus directly. anyone know how to do it??
>
> See http://www.gnus.org/distribution.html:
>
> For example in ~/elisp/:
>
> ,----
> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> |   CVS password: gnus
> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout gnus
> | $ cd gnus
> | $ ./configure
> | $ make
> | $ make install
> `----
>
> Then in your ~/.emacs.el:
>
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/")
>
> -- 
> Bastien
ok!, i restart emacs and it works now.
it shows to me that the version is No Gnus v0.4, did something go wrong

Re: how can i update my gnus

[Bastien]

Zhang Huan writes:

> why must i add (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/"), since
> my Emacs can load gnus properly.

Ok, my fault. You only need to do that if you don't install gnus with
`make install'. This is the way i'm doing it, so that i can cvs update
Afrom time to time and don't want to install it each time.

-- 
Bastien

Re: how can i update my gnus

[Michael Cadilhac]

Zhang Huan <zhanghuan@ict.ac.cn> writes:

> Bastien <bastien@xxx.fr> writes:
>
>> Zhang Huan writes:
>>
>>> i'm using linux, distro is fc4, however the version of gnus is
>>> 5.9.0, i want to update gnus directly. anyone know how to do it??
>>
>> See http://www.gnus.org/distribution.html:
>>
>> For example in ~/elisp/:
>>
>> ,----
>> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
>> |   CVS password: gnus
>> | $ cvs -d :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout gnus
>> | $ cd gnus
>> | $ ./configure
>> | $ make
>> | $ make install
>> `----
>>
>> Then in your ~/.emacs.el:
>>
>> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/gnus/lisp/")
>>
>> -- 
>> Bastien
> ok!, i restart emacs and it works now.
> it shows to me that the version is No Gnus v0.4, did something go wrong

  Everything's right. As written in the gnus info file :

If you happen upon a version of Gnus that has a prefixed name --
"(ding) Gnus", "September Gnus", "Red Gnus", "Quassia Gnus",
"Pterodactyl Gnus", "Oort Gnus" -- don't panic. Don't let it know that
you're frightened. Back away. Slowly. Whatever you do, don't run. Walk
away, calmly, until you're out of its reach. Find a proper released
version of Gnus and snuggle up to that instead.

  In fact NoGnus is the development version of Gnus.

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