# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 796154825 0
# Node ID c303d2623f6395d780df9951160d170b16face5e
# Parent  238b3b5adefd6a2d13279ed697ee6f3fe8c5be83
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diff -r 238b3b5adefd -r c303d2623f63 INSTALL
--- a/INSTALL	Sat Mar 25 16:02:43 1995 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL	Sat Mar 25 18:07:05 1995 +0000
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@
 is how you would override the default value of the variable
 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
 
+Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
+variable gets by default!  Make sure you know what kind of value the
+variable should have.  If you don't pay attention to what you are
+doing, you'll make a mistake.
+
 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must
 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
 something up in the system's password and user information database.