path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
-GNU software; here are some variables specific to Emacs.
-
-`lispdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects its Lisp library.
- Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above), is
- `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as
- described above).
-
-`locallisppath' indicates where Emacs should search for Lisp files
- specific to your site. It should be a colon-separated list of
- directories; Emacs checks them in order before checking
- `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above), is
- `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp'.
-
-`lisppath' is the complete list of directories Emacs should search for
- its Lisp files; its default value is the concatenation of
- `locallisppath' and `lispdir'. It should be a colon-separated
- list of directories; Emacs checks them in the order they
- appear.
-
-`etcdir' indicates where Emacs should install and expect the rest of
- its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial, DOC
- file, and yow database. Its default value, based on `datadir'
- (which see), is `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc'.
-
-`lockdir' indicates the directory where Emacs keeps track of its
- locking information. Its default value, based on
- `sharedstatedir' (which see), is `/usr/local/com/emacs/lock'.
+GNU software; this variable is specific to Emacs.
`archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
`Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
+The path for finding Lisp files is specified in src/paths.h,
+a file which is generated by running configure. To change the path,
+you can edit the definition of PATH_LOADSEARCH in that file
+before you run `make'.
+
The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
when running make in the subdirectories.