Re: emacs-snapshot and load-path

[Vincent Bernat <bernat@free.fr>]

OoO En ce début d'après-midi ensoleillé du lundi 31 janvier 2005, vers
15:57,   Sébastien  Kirche  <sebastien.kirche.no@spam.free.fr.invalid>
disait:

> Mmmh... How did you compiled/installed emacs-snapshot ?

> I used «fakeroot  dpkg-buildpackage» to make the different  .deb then after
> installation of  the packages emacs-snapshot  is installed properly  in /usr
> tree.

I used this method.

> Original  /usr/bin/emacs  /usr/share/emacs...   and  so  on  are  preserved,
> emacs-snapshot  installs in  parallel with  genuine emacs.  Thus you  have a
> /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot /usr/share/emacs-snapshot...

I have  no emacs21. But I  have kept xemacs21 since  some packets want
either emacs21  or xemacs21. BTW, should  this be reported as  a bug ?
For example, w3m-el has "emacs21 | xemacs21" in its dependencies.

> Maybe you  should also take  a look at  /etc/emacs-snapshot/site-start.d/ to
> add a 01emacs-snapshot-fixes.el not to modify your own .emacs...

I'll have a look.
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