Attached is a patch which allows 21.5 to find a package tree in
../xemacs-packages. This is similar to the patch I applied to 21.4 -
http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-patches/200512/msg00137.html
The purpose of this patch is to support XEmacs 21.5 finding its
package directories at run-time. This is necessary to create a
Windows native setup kit for 21.5, as exists now for 21.4, c.f.
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/XEmacs%20Setup%2021.4.19.exe .
One thing to note about this patch is that it changes xemacs.mak so
that it does not use the now-deprecated PACKAGE_PATH mechanism by
default. That mechanism is still supported (if you specify
PACKAGE_PATH or PACKAGE_PREFIX in config.inc you can still force a
particular package path into the executable).
This patch also comments out the default usage of PACKAGE_PREFIX in
config.inc.samp. Strictly speaking, this is not entirely required for
my needs (I could just build a kit without PACKAGE_PREFIX), but since
that mechanism is deprecated, I thought we shouldn't be encouraging
people to use it.
Comments please. I will commit this patch in a few days if I don't
hear any objections.
Regards,
Vin
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over and over announcing your place
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