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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: Downloading problems
Date: 30 Mar 1998 14:44:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3pvj3aje3.fsf@org.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ylbtuoiraq.fsf@picard.math.wesleyan.edu>

Mark Hovey <mhovey@wesleyan.edu> writes:

> Occasionally, when I download a new version of gnus and unpack it, emacs
> will tell me that the .el file is older than the byte-compiled file.
> This doesn't really matter, but is mildly annoying.  Is this problem
> simply because Norway is several hours later than Connecticut?  Is there
> anyway to fix it short of waiting 7 hours or whatever after Lars'
> announcement to download gnus?


Mine come up the other way around.  With .el files showing newer than
byte compiled files and causes gnus to load the 'newer'.el files at
times.

I have found just 'touching' them does the job.  

# touch /gnus.5.6.x/lisp/*.elc


-- 

Harry Putnam  reader@newsguy.com


  parent reply	other threads:[~1998-03-30 22:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-03-30  7:14 Mark Hovey
1998-03-30 11:36 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1998-03-30 22:44 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
1998-04-01 13:59   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-04-01 14:57     ` Harry Putnam
1998-04-24 19:02       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-04-24 19:09         ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-04-24 19:41           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-04-01 13:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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