Bug#157123: project: modify emacs policy
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:31:21PM -0400, D. Goel wrote:
>
> > You wouldn't be confusing the directories
> > /usr/share/emacs<version>/site-lisp/*, which contain the .elc files,
> > and the directories /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/*, which contain the
> > .el files, would you?
>
> Julian
>
> i do see now what you are saying. This takes care of most of my
> complaints. However, an important problem remains
>
>
> [1] It seems that, by default, /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/foo/ don't
> get added for most of the packages, whereas
> /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/foo does get added. where foo
> represents the package.
>
> Some examples of The packages where the former directory did not get
> added, for me are:
>
> erc <-- this one, i am sure of... others are gleaned from lookign at
> load-path
No, this package *does* have a /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/erc/
directory in it.
> [2] IT is still not perfect to not have the .el files in the same
> place as .elc, (i know some stuff depends on that), but that is a
> minor issue, and i wil stop bugging you about that :)
If a particular package requires the .el files being in the same place
as the .elc files, and the package does not work because of that, you
should file a bug against that package.
See /usr/share/doc/emacsen-common/debian-emacs-policy.gz for an
explanation of why the system is set up in this way. (Primarily
because the .elc files are emacs-version dependent, whereas the .el
files are usually not.)
Julian
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