RE: new cvs committer, some ideas

I'm OK with
install(dir,mumble)
for the variable names - sorry for the stray reference to exmh()

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexander Zangerl
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:26 PM
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Subject: Re: new cvs committer, some ideas 

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:28:43 MST, "Welch, Brent" writes:
>The one true way to fix this is to make sure that the paths are
>associated with exmh() variables, and those are set in the main exmh,
>exmh-bg, exmh-async scripts.

i agree, and my existing code already does exactly that.

(with the one minor difference that i used a separate install() 
var for the directories rather than messing with exmh().
i'll change that to suitably named keys for exmh() before
committing it.)

>Frankly, I'm not familiar with how the package maintainers
>co-opt/work-around the built in installation schemes. 

in some cases you're better off not knowing...it very much depends on
how large the spiritual gap between upstream's view of the universe 
and yours is. the exmh installer is "average" in that regard, not
trivial to convince to work but nowhere near being a major nightmare.

>Just don't mess it up :-)

i don't plan to, and mostly i manage to stick to my plans :-)

regards
az


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