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