From: James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
rswgnu@gmail.com, Alex Dunn <dunn.alex@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: why is site-lisp placed before the default load path?
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:07:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bn1bx7d4.fsf@carbon.jhcloos.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9ii42N82O7F=-7yejOsS3r+Wjn7a5=kkaN7N7Lskpkt1A@mail.gmail.com> (Robert Weiner's message of "Tue, 2 Aug 2016 14:35:59 -0400")
>>>>> "RW" == Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org> writes:
RW> If a package unintentionally shadows/overrides a standard/core Emacs
RW> library, then it is the package that is broken and needs to be fixed. If
RW> instead the behavior is intentional then that is what the current load-path
RW> order is designed to allow.
The point is that if sub directories are nto automatically included, it is
easier to manage things. Especially when using one's dist's packaging.
I had to make substantial changes to my .emacs when the auto sub dirs
was added to fix all of the damage that caused.
-JimC
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James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-02 20:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-01 16:24 why is site-lisp placed before the default load path? Alex Dunn
2016-08-01 16:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 17:19 ` Alex Dunn
2016-08-01 17:54 ` Robert Weiner
2016-08-01 18:15 ` Alex Dunn
2016-08-02 17:35 ` James Cloos
2016-08-02 18:35 ` Robert Weiner
2016-08-02 20:07 ` James Cloos [this message]
2016-08-02 20:47 ` Robert Weiner
2016-08-02 0:25 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-02 14:58 ` Stefan Monnier
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