From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Debian's idiosyncratic complexification of Emacs Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:34:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4eb0089f0807121340x5e26f6dbve03ef50b238f3a3a@mail.gmail.com> <87k5fph5rh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20080713214648.GB1076@muc.de> <487A783B.7060603@gmail.com> <20080713232635.GD1076@muc.de> <85od51id2t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20080714204242.GH6711@volo.donarmstrong.com> <20080714223059.GG3445@muc.de> <20080715013845.GX3675@rzlab.ucr.edu> <20080715101519.GA2100@muc.de> <87mykhkjj8.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216226134 24989 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2008 16:35:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 16 18:36:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KJ9zC-0005SP-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47723 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJ9yK-0006v7-0d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJ9yG-0006uw-0A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJ9yD-0006uW-U6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33827 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJ9yD-0006uT-QV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41267) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KJ9yD-0005sE-OB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-141.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.141]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m6GGZan4031691 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:35:36 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CE338B4097; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:34:11 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87mykhkjj8.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> (Manoj Srivastava's message of "Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:09:31 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 3 Rules triggered HAS_X_HELO=0, RV3061=0, XH_GE5=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100819 Archived-At: > Well, on a Debian system, the norm is to expect to be able to > edit any configuration file under /etc. So, I would start looking into > /etc for any Debian package -- even emacs (my /usr is mounted > read-only, and often the /usr/share is actually shared). That's a very good policy indeed. But it's also good practice for the same file to also be available at the place usually specified by the upstream version. I.e. unify the upstream package's conventions with Debian's. E.g. add a symlink from /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el to /etc/emacs/site-start.el or something like that. > though I believe a symbolic link in $PREFIX/share/emacs/site-lisp is > not a bad idea. That would be great, thanks. Stefan