Re: ~/.emacs error loading mailcrypt on 1 of 2 machines after Ubuntu upgrade

[Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>]

On 2010-06-28, Tim X wrote:

> Check that either /etc/emacs/site-lisp.d or /etc/emacs23/site-lisp.d
> both have a mailcrypt init file that sets the appropriate paths so that
> emacs can find both a *.elc version compiled for the version you are
> running and the *.el files. (the *.el files are usually in
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp

I don't get it.  I even did an "aptitude purge mailcrypt" then
"aptitude install mailcrypt" on the problematic machine ... same
result.

> Note also that mailcrypt has. to a large extent, been superceeded by
> gpp, which has been bundled with emacs since version 22. It provides
> most of the same functionality. Integration with your mail reader may
> vary depending on the mail reader.  

But that's probably a good answer to my question.  I didn't know about
pgg (I think that's what you meant), and it seems to cover what I
need.  Thanks!