Re: Updating to gnus 5.8.2

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

Pieter Wenk <pwenk@urbanet.ch> writes:

> I changed my entry in ~/.emacs to read:
> 
> (setq load-path (cons
>                 (expand-file-name
> 		"/usr/tmp/gnus-5.8.2/lisp")
> 		load-path))
> It seems, that the new gnus file is there.
> 
> Now with M-x locate-library I am getting:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/xemacs-20.4/lisp/gnus/gnus.elc
> 
> which is the file of the old (still in use) version.

Two possibilities: either your .emacs file does not get executed at
all (or there might be a syntax error before the above statement), or
the other directory is added to load-path after your statement.

Try adding the following before or after the load-path setting to see
if this ever gets executed:

    (message "Hello load-path") (sit-for 3)

> I tried C-h v load-path RET, sorry I probably
> did something wrong, I just got "no match".

Very strange.  load-path is a defined variable in all Emacsen I have
ever seen.  Maybe your Emacs installation is completely hosed?

Try `C-h v ?'.  Does that give a longish completion list?  (I get a
*Completions* buffer with 2000 lines.)

kai
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