Re: emacs won't install if /usr/local is read-only

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

>My /usr/local mounted read-only when I install emacs. The package keep
>complaining about /usr/local is mounted read-only.

packages are not allowed to store files into /usr/local.  However, the
emacs package is installing only directories:

    $ dpkg -L emacs|grep local
    /usr/local
    /usr/local/lib
    /usr/local/lib/emacs
    /usr/local/lib/emacs/site-lisp               

I believe that's okay.

                                 - Jim Van Zandt


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