tags 151900 pending thanks Hi.
From: Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bug#151900: xemacs21: site-packages does not override packages
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:10:51 +0200
> While trying to install a CVS version of AUCTeX which will be placed
> into the site-packages directory, I was bitten by the same bug.
> Looking at the output of `M-x report-xemacs-bug RET':
>
> ./configure [...]
> '--package-path=~/.xemacs:~/.xemacs/packages:~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages::/usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/site-packages'
> 'i386-debian-linux'
>
> it seems that site-packages was placed deliberately after
> xemacs-packages. This contradicts the search order described in
> XEmacs' Lispref manual:
>
> ,----[ 3.1 The User View ]
> | Second, the hierarchies below each root are searched in the order
> | `site-packages', `infodock-packages', `mule-packages', then
> | `xemacs-packages'.
> `----
>
> Could this please be fixed. It makes it impossible to provide or
> install packages which are supposed to override the packages installed
> by the XEmacs package management system without the user/administrator
> having to manually delete the old version.
I've fixed this problem in my local repository. I'll upload
next revision in a few days.
Thanks.
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