>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes: 
   Stephen> As Adrian pointed out, site-packages should come ahead of
   Stephen> xemacs-packages.  Packages for XEmacs use should be put in
   Stephen> one of the site-packages hierarchies.  site-lisp is
   Stephen> deprecated, but an option is provided to configure it (I
   Stephen> forget whether it defaults on or off now).  You should
   Stephen> check for that option in the Debian build.
Would it be best just not to set that variable at all. I remember that
was what I did when I compiled xemacs for myself and I had never
problems of installing 3rd party packages.
Uwe