packages location again

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "dvl" == Didier Verna <didier at xemacs.org> writes:

    dvl> --with-package-prefix (=/usr/local/share/xemacs) option

That was poorly named; it's not a prefix in the usual sense.  Mike
renamed the option.  configure --help | fgrep package sez:

  --with-early-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of early/user packages (instead of
                          ~/.xemacs; same as --with-user-packages).
  --with-user-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of early/user packages (instead of
                          ~/.xemacs; same as --with-early-packages).
  --with-late-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of late/system packages (instead of
                          default location; same as --with-system-packages).
  --with-late-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of late/system packages (instead of
                          default location; same as --with-late-packages).
  --with-last-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of last/legacy packages (instead of
                          default location; same as --with-legacy-packages).
  --with-late-packages=DIR
                          Specify location of late/legacy packages (instead of
                          default location; same as --with-late-packages).
  --with-package-path=PATH
                          Search path for package directories.

Hm.  We seem to have some issues with naming here ... OK, it's just
the help strings.  Fixed in CVS.

The DIR argument is the parent of {xemacs,mule,site}-packages, which
is the same syntax as you were using.

    dvl> 2/ I notice that configure.usage still mentions the old
    dvl> version (without the 'with' prefix), and also the old version
    dvl> of --with-package-path. What's this file still doing here
    dvl> anyway ?

Nobody got around to nuking it, I guess.



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