|--==> "SEH" == Steven E Harris <seh@panix.com> writes:

  SEH> So a home-built Gnus will not overwrite or take up residence in
  SEH> the same place as a would-be real Gnus package?

When the home-built Gnus was configured with default settings and the
"would-be real Gnus package" is that which is distributed by
XEmacs.org, then yes, that is correct.

  SEH> Would the real Gnus package wind up in
  SEH> <emacs-roots>/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages?

Providing it is the one distributed by XEmacs.org, yes.

The _only_ packages that should be in (xemacs|mule)-packages/ are the
"official" packages that are distributed by XEmacs.org.  The
site-packages/ directories are for other packages.  That's why the
Gnus from Gnus.org defaults to installing into site-packages/.

  SEH> Just for kicks, I tried symlinking ~/.xemacs/site-packages to
  SEH> ~/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages (under which my current
  SEH> Gnus build sits), but XEmacs did not find Gnus in the lisp/gnus
  SEH> directory below.

OK, that's weird.  That should have worked.  I'll have to test that.
I'll get back to you on that.


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