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Jeff Miller <jmiller@smart.net> writes:

> I found that --package_path seems to work.  

O.K.  That makes sense.  (Yes, yes, I know it should be path_package
for consistency and the symbol put in src/paths.h.in).

> the only problem i've experienced is that autoloads don't seem to be read
> in.  for example, build xemacs, then add the package.  It wouldn't find
> gnus.   locate-library finds it.  

Finding new autoloads at startup might be implemented in the future,
but it is not implemented in the first version.  The main concern I
have is one of speed at startup.

> if i redump xemacs, then it works. 

That's the whole idea.  The initial model I'm concentrating on is one
where the package hierarchies are relatively constant and XEmacs
changes frequently.

