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Re: Changes After Ubuntu Upgrade
From: |
Kenneth Jacker |
Subject: |
Re: Changes After Ubuntu Upgrade |
Date: |
25 Jun 2006 19:02:05 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
[ Warning: long posting! -khj]
rs> Probably the latter is not used because you have a separate Gnus
rs> package installed, cf. `M-x list-load-path-shadows RET'.
OK, I had time to look into this more ...
It is a "load path" issue. Here is the value of my default
'load-path' (sorry for the length!):
("/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/oneliner-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/html-helper-mode"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/html-helper-mode"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/gnuserv"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/chess"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/chess/"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/bbdb"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/auctex/images"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/auctex"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/x-face-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/remember-el"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/planner-el"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-el"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/w3m"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/w3m/shimbun"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/mailcrypt/"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/mailcrypt/"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/gnus-bonus-el"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/flim"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-wiki"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/auctex/"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/mule-ucs"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/apel"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/gnuplot-mode"
"/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/yacas" "/etc/emacs21" "/etc/emacs"
"/usr/local/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp"
"/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/apel"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/auctex"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/bbdb"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/chess"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/debian-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/dictionaries-common"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/emacs-wiki"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/flim"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/gnuplot-mode"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/gnus"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/gnus-bonus-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/gnuserv"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/html-helper-mode"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/mailcrypt"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/mule-ucs"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/oneliner-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/planner-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/w3m"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/x-face-el"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/yacas"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/w3m/shimbun"
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/leim"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/toolbar"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/textmodes"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/progmodes"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/play"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/obsolete" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/net"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/mail"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/language"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/international"
==> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/gnus"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/eshell"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/emulation"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/emacs-lisp"
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/calendar")
Once I added "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/gnus" to the front, I was
able to use the 5.9.0 version of 'gnus'. (Note a copy of that path
*is* in the fifth-to-the-last entry above).
Some questions:
o Where is 'load-path' initialized?
o Should the "/usr/share/emacs21/*" entries precede the
"/usr/share/emacs/21.4/*" ones?
o Both "/etc/emacs" and "/etc/emacs21" exist ... is that correct?
o Might the problem have something to do with the contents of
/etc/{emacs,emacs21}/* ?
o Am I using older versions of *other* things, too (e.g., 'eshell')?
Finally, here are all relevant installed Dapper packages:
emacs-goodies-el/dapper uptodate 26.4-1
emacs21/dapper uptodate 21.4a-3ubuntu2
emacs21-bin-common/dapper uptodate 21.4a-3ubuntu2
emacs21-common/dapper uptodate 21.4a-3ubuntu2
emacs21-el/dapper uptodate 21.4a-3ubuntu2
emacsen-common/dapper uptodate 1.4.17
Thanks for the help!
-Kenneth