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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1998-04-03 01:52:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1998-04-03 01:52:38 +0000
commit5c4626244395759acad2b981fead84cee025cafc (patch)
tree3bbd5fb50563fc9a216dfeab774006e2449d8d26 /INSTALL
parent9658795ce8b2423d96f07919cfd44069552f73ab (diff)
downloademacs-5c4626244395759acad2b981fead84cee025cafc.tar.gz
Remove some directories that don't really work now.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 27 deletions
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.