Re: Running packages "in place"

Wednesday, 8 December 1999

        Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch&gt; writes:

...
 > Now, I'd like to check out packages and use them in place,
so that
 > `cvs update' automatically updates the sources I actually use.  Is
 > that possible?  If so, what do I need to do?  The CVS packages
 > contain apparently weird directories like `oa/', `os/', `comm/',
 > etc.

 The layout is a pain. What you could do (I used this for Gnus) is
 change the make install such that it doesn't copy but makes
 symlinks. 
Yes, that might work.  The reason I ask is that I'd like to apply (and
commit) patches to packages, and I'm not sure how to do that if I
can't test the changes I'm making.

When changing a core Lisp or C file, I recompile it and see how XEmacs
fares.  With the packages, I apparently have to remake and reinstall
the package.  I'd like to automate that process, somehow.

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