Re: Need advice for upgrading (21.3 --> 21.4)

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Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> Hi
>
>  I am using emacs 21.3 (I compiled it myself with elisp, leim,
auctex,
> dvipng, etc.) on Debian Linux (Sarge).
>
>  I wish to upgrade to version 21.4 from sources. My emacs
installation is
> located in /usr/local/emacs. What is the best way to upgrade from
source
> while making sure that none of the configurations and the great
packages
> that I have installed after a year or so of use, get lost, and work
with
> version 21.4 ?
>
> Thanks.

The difference between 21.3 and 21.4 was security related.
There were no feature changes.  The `upgrade' should make no
difference to the operation of any personal macros or other
packages you've added.