changeset 11119:c303d2623f63

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author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 25 Mar 1995 18:07:05 +0000
parents 238b3b5adefd
children 150ac5a4a1fa
files INSTALL
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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.