Re: "source" in mode declaration

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From: Johan Linde (jlinde@TELIA.COM)
Date: 31 Dec 00, 10:08 EST


From: Johan Linde <jlinde@TELIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: "source" in mode declaration

>I think that this is a bug -- several modes now use the "source" option for
>the initialization proc, which "hard-wires" the path of the file to be
>sourced in the :PREFS:Cache:...:mode file.  (As opposed to giving a
>relative path to $HOME.)
>
>If any part of this path changes after package indices have been built,
>however, such as changing the name of the "Alpha f" folder to "Alpha
>7.4fc2", then this path is no longer valid, and these       modes will
>apparently no longer properly load.

When taking a look into this I noticed that the same problem goes for
uninstall when using this-file or this-directory. There the path is
also hard-wired into the cache. This needs a fix...

Johan
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