gnus-util.el loads rmail

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

Hi,

Steve Youngs applied your patch to gnus-util.el with the
following ChangeLog entry:

	* gnus-util.el: Get rmail definitions when compiling.
	From Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>.

I am opposed to it.  In XEmacs, since rmail is supplied by the
package, there may be those who have not installed it.
Furthermore, since rmail of the XEmacs version uses tm and also
apel, that packages are also required for it (rmail.el requires
tm-view, tm-view requires std11 which is in apel).  It became
impossible therefore, for such people to build Gnus.

Loading of rmail is only for the `rmail-select-summary' macro,
isn't it?  If so, it can be solved by not compiling that section:

--- gnus-util.el~	2003-12-03 23:28:53 +0000
+++ gnus-util.el	2003-12-05 00:44:47 +0000
@@ -864,8 +864,9 @@
 	      (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
 	      (rmail-count-new-messages t)
 	      (when (rmail-summary-exists)
-		(rmail-select-summary
-		 (rmail-update-summary)))
+		(dont-compile
+		  (rmail-select-summary
+		   (rmail-update-summary))))
 	      (rmail-count-new-messages t)
 	      (rmail-show-message msg))
 	    (save-buffer)))))

How about it?  I wish you give aid to the users of minorities
who don't need rmail.

Regards,
-- 
Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>