>>>>> "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)?

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