I 've been installing my own (that is, not root) versions of XEmacs for
quite some time. I configure with --prefix=$HOME and install it for personal
use withput a hitch. I've just upgraded from 21.1.12 to 21.4.3 and have a
problem with package updates.
With 21.1.12, if I updated the packages list and/or packages, the update
would be applied to the XEmacs distribution as whole, i.e.,
$PREFIX/lib/xemacs. When I do the same think with 21.4.3, it wants to apply
the update to $~/.xemacs. This would only update my personal copy of XEmacs
but not the installed copy. Since I've installed this copy personally, the
end result won't matter except for:
1) Anyone that points to my XEmacs binary. They won't see those updates
since they've not been applied to $PREFIX/lib/xemacs
2) How would my SA who installs this as root in /usr/local update the
official installation and not root's private packages?
Thanks!
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