Re: Variable names of package hierarchies

Ralf> AUCTeX looks for the old variable names in its build Ralf> procedure and fails when being configured with XEmacs 21.5 Ralf> due to the change of names. David> In order to find a good place to install a package into. Those variables are not designed for that and such use is likely to cause trouble on occasion, because they can be affected by environment variables (specifically EMACSPACKAGEPATH). FWIW, my personal recommendation is "don't do that; it is the admin's responsibility". I gather you think it is a good idea, though, so be prepared for bugs where (1) the admin uses an XEmacs with a different build-time setting of --package-path or --package-prefix from ordinary users, or sets EMACSPACKAGEPATH differently from everybody else, or (2) the user has a personal build of XEmacs or EMACSPACKAGEPATH setting that differs from from admin's. These bugs need not result in failure to find AUCTeX; they may also manifest in any way that occurs when there are multiple AUCTeXs on `load--path', if that turns out to be the case. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering 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.