Re: Problem with the latest CVS build

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

[ I'm sorry for this re-post, but the I sent out the previous attempt
  before it was finished. ]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> 
> > Well, I'm using XEmacs, which means that `mailheader' is part of its
> > `gnus' package.  But I'm not using the XEmacs distribution of gnus,
> > but rather, the CVS version.  Therefore, I don't have access to
> > `mailheader'.
> 
> Why don't you install the normal Gnus package and then add the CVS
> Gnus?  Just put the CVS Gnus directory first in load-path, and Bob
> will be your uncle.

I have done exactly that, but the standard building procedure that
gets downloaded with CVS doesn't know about my normal load path, and
it can't find mailheader in the load path that *it* tries to use.

As far as I know (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), the
normal way for building an XEmacs-based CVS release goes like this,
starting after the latest CVS update has completed:

(1)  `cd' to the `gnus' subdirectory of the CVS tree.

(2)  Do this ...

       ./configure
       make EMACS=xemacs

The `make' step causes the following command to get executed:

  xemacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l ./dgnushack.el -f dgnushack-compile

The `-q' and `-no-site-file' options ensure that my own startup and
initialization files don't get loaded during this build.  Therefore,
there is no way for my own load path to be recognized during the
build.

That's the reason why `mailheader' and `timer' are not getting found
during the XEmacs build unless I actually put copies of them into
the `gnus/lisp' subdirectory.

There don't seem to be any options for `configure' or in any of the
makefiles which allow extra directories to be added to the load
path during the build.  This is why I suggested that perhaps
one or more of these files get changed so we could optionally
specify one or more directories to be added to these paths
during the Gnus build.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com