Re: Packqage Problem with 21.4.3

SJT> The index is not considered authoritative; it's used only to SJT> get the packages available from one site. It's always SJT> updated before actually downloading. So there's no SJT> particular reason why there should be a single copy SJT> system-wide, SY> How about for running M-x pui-list-packages without choosing a SY> download site/directory so you can see which packages you have SY> installed. Or if you want to delete some packages. That's what `package-get-base' is for. The point is to disambiguate the roles of `package-index' (which lives on a server in hyperspace and has no contact with local reality) and `package-get-base', while giving the latter an intelligible name. :-) -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules."