>>>>> "Mark" == Mark W Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.56/Emacs 19.34
>> This was precisely the problem. The EMACSLOADPATH was set in my >> user account, and I was trying to install in a window with su root, Mark> Ahhh. I think it would be reasonable to explicitly unset this (and Mark> probably other variables) in the emacsen-common handler Mark> scripts... just as they should avoid running the user (or root's) Mark> .emacs file... Agree. Who's going to contact the maintainer(s)? -- Nicolai P Guba BT Laboratories GNU Project http://www.labs.bt.com http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]