Subject: Re: New xemacs-packages
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Mario Kemper <magick@bundy.zhadum.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/30/2002 11:13:23
Frank Knappe <knappe@tu-harburg.de> writes:

> On 27 Nov 2002, Mario Kemper wrote:
> > > So it seems there is no other way than install (and download) the whole
> > > xemacs-package. Will there be problems if I update single packages
> > > (reftex, auctex) with the xemacs package system later?
> > > 
> > No, i do that a lot. The only problem is that you have to remove the
> > package-directory by hand when you want to delete the xemacs-packages
> > package.
> 
> I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. Which package directory
> are you talking about? /pkgsrc_distfiles/xemacs-packages?
> 
> Or can I even install xemacs-package and use the the xemacs biultin
> package system to remove all unwanted packages?
> 
xemacs-packages installs in /usr/pkg/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/

You can afterwards update or delete these packages using the internal
packages system of xemacs. Just when you want to pkg_delete
xemacs-packages the changed files remain in the above dir.

-- 
Mario Kemper
magick@zhadum.de