another problem with auctex: `minor-mode-list'

Hello 

I also noticed the appearance of warning but could not trace it down,
Steve Youngs pointed out (in the xemacs newgroup):

    SY> Seems to work OK on Linux/tetex.  But there is a problem.  The
    SY> following defadvice in tex.el is causing a split window from
    SY> displaying the Compile-Log-Show buffer on (S)XEmacs start up... 

    SY> ,----[ tex.el ]
    SY> | (defadvice hack-one-local-variable (after TeX-hack-one-local-variable-after
    SY> | 					  activate)
    SY> |   "Call minor mode function if minor mode variable is found."
    SY> |   (let ((var (ad-get-arg 0))
    SY> | 	(val (ad-get-arg 1)))
    SY> |     (when (if (boundp 'minor-mode-list)
    SY> | 	      ;; Test which does not require maintenance but `minor-mode-list'.
    SY> | 	      (and (memq var minor-mode-list)
    SY> | 		   (string-match "^\\(La\\)*TeX-.+-mode$" (symbol-name var)))
    SY> | 	    ;; "Manual" test requiring adaption when minor modes change.
    SY> | 	    (memq var '(TeX-PDF-mode TeX-source-specials-mode
    SY> | 				     TeX-interactive-mode TeX-Omega-mode
    SY> | 				     TeX-fold-mode LaTeX-math-mode)))
    SY> |       (if (symbol-value val) (funcall var 1) (funcall var 0)))))
    SY> `----

    SY> It is because `minor-mode-list' doesn't exist in (S)XEmacs, rather, it
    SY> is `minor-mode-alist' so it generates a "reference to free variable
    SY> warning".  Currently, I'm working around it with...

    SY> ,----
    SY> | (defvaralias 'minor-mode-list 'minor-mode-alist)
    SY> `----

    SY> Which is probably not the right solution.


    SY> Another thought I've had about that defadvice is _if_
    SY> `minor-mode-list' is GNU/Emacs' version of `minor-mode-alist', I don't
    SY> see the point of testing to see if it is bound.  Wouldn't 
    SY> (boundp 'minor-mode-list) always return t?

    SY> Or have I got this all wrong and this is just somebody's crazy way of
    SY> testing emacs flavour?


Anybody has an idea for a workaround in auctex for xemacs

Uwe