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Article #926Re: Minor problem with XEmacs package
From: Pete Forman
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:18
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:18
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kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) writes: > Pete Forman <pete.forman@westerngeco.com> wrote: > > Please could future VM sourced XEmacs packages exclude directories. > > The question is whether such a package will install if the > directories don't already exist in the package tree. I think a > lot ot VM installations are in ~/.xemacs or > ~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages and these package trees may not have > the directories present when VM is installed. I don't want to > delete the directories fro mthe tarball unless I know a > first-time installation is still going to work. I thought that tar created directories as needed. Are there versions around that don't? -- Pete Forman -./\.- Disclaimer: This post is originated WesternGeco -./\.- by myself and does not represent pete.forman@westerngeco.com -./\.- opinion of Schlumberger, Baker http://petef.port5.com (new) -./\.- Hughes or their divisions.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6829,a13f3a9bfa570a21 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6829,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-22 08:19:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!supernews.com!news-x2.support.nl!news2.euro.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!diamond.waii.com!not-for-mail From: Pete Forman <pete.forman@westerngeco.com> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug Subject: Re: Minor problem with XEmacs package Date: 22 Mar 2002 16:18:30 +0000 Organization: WesternGeco, Gatwick, UK Lines: 20 Message-ID: <sn6s37ah.fsf@westerngeco.com> References: <o23it804fpb.fsf@omen.gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com> <u9ht9p61kmfe2c@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.32.6.239 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: mail1.wg.waii.com 1016813796 28074 134.32.6.239 (22 Mar 2002 16:16:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.wg.waii.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Mar 2002 16:16:36 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp (Windows [1]))