Re: [Q] Re: [PATCH] all my package fixes, mostly build-related

Ville> I have this setup ("default staging" means the place where Ville> "make install" dumps the packages by default): ~/cvs/xemacs/packages (contains the packages working dir) ~/cvs/xemacs/xemacs-packages (default staging for non-mule packages) ~/cvs/xemacs/mule-packages (default staging for mule packages) Ville> ...and then symlinks: ~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages -> ~/cvs/xemacs/xemacs-packages ~/.xemacs/mule-packages -> ~/cvs/xemacs/mule-packages This is more or less what Michael recommends. (He actually has them in the build root for the core.) It is not something that we can or should enforce, IMHO. Ville> Anyway, the point is that it looks to me that one doesn't Ville> *have* to use --package-path for the "personal Ville> installation" case. Of course. The problem is that if (like me, mostly) you have a site-wide installation of the packages and a personal installation of XEmacs, 21.5 doesn't work out of the box, while 21.4 does. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.