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From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: Installing Oort into /usr/local/stow
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:57:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84n0itoc3x.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87u1d1ub9c.fsf@earthlink.net>

Rob French <fulcrum99lists@earthlink.net> writes:

> I've noticed that in Debian's installation of emacs21, gnus in
> located in /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/gnus/. ie, there is a gnus
> subdirectory. If I use stow in the above manner, it appears the gnus
> .el and .elc files will be placed directly in the site-lisp
> subdirectory (ie, not in site-lisp/gnus).  How likely is this to
> cause any sorts of filename conflicts?

Very unlikely.  Most Lisp files are loaded without giving the
directory name at all.  (The only exception I can think of at the
moment is the lisp/term subdir that comes with Emacs.)

Thus, installing Gnus in a subdir doesn't prevent conflicts.
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-04-14  5:57 UTC|newest]

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2003-04-13  5:28 ` Glyn Millington
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2003-04-14  5:57     ` Kai Großjohann [this message]

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