From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 01:52:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Remove some directories that don't really work now. X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.3~1731 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c4626244395759acad2b981fead84cee025cafc;p=emacs.git Remove some directories that don't really work now. --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 11d5edb6046..ad0fdc9b67c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -391,33 +391,7 @@ Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set. 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 @@ -433,6 +407,11 @@ settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top 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.