From 35b12ec0fb20bb64dd6434f6b17af34e03783209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 18:07:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- INSTALL | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 032ffd19c1f..e229d67ed1f 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ rather than `defvar', as used by `./lisp/paths.el'. For example, is how you would override the default value of the variable news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews"). +Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the +variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the +variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are +doing, you'll make a mistake. + Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look something up in the system's password and user information database. -- 2.39.5