Re: url-vars.el not loaded when using oort-gnus nnrss

[C. Fischer]

* C. Fischer:

> * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen:
>
>> What does `C-h f url-generic-parse-url' say, and does your
>> url-parse.el require url-vars.el?
>
> url-generic-parse-url is a compiled Lisp function in `url-parse'.
> (url-generic-parse-url URL)
>
> Return a vector of the parts of URL.
> Format is:
> [proto username password hostname portnumber file reference attributes fullp]

so does this tell you anything?

> this is a "shadowed lib" issue:
>
> /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/lisp/url/url-parse.el
> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3/url-parse.el
>
> emacs-w3m looks for "w3", but i have no idea if i can just dump (i.e. chmod
> 0 the "w3" directory) and see what breaks.

actually, emacs-w3m is *not* the culprit; it's oort-gnus.  i moved the w3/
package out of the way and rebuilt todays CVS version.  now things work as
expected, without my extra "require".

,----
| URLDIR=/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/lisp/url/ W3DIR=no
| lispdir=/emacs/site-lisp/oort srcdir=. emacs-cvs -batch -q -no-site-file -l
| ./dgnushack.el -f dgnushack-compile
| No w3: Cannot open load file
| No MH variant found on the system!
| Loading subst-ksc...
| Loading subst-gb2312...
| and so on
`----

oort gave some "informational messages", though, regarding the missing "w3".
will this haunt me and void my prayers for a stable gnus experience?  if so,
how?  if not, why does it scare me like that?

  clemens

PS:

'uname -rms' => FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386, todays oort CVS version on emacs-CVS