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gnus or not gnusHi I use emacs with gnus to read nntp newsgroups. I fire it up with M-x gnus and all works. is this possible? how can you explain it? thanks Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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Gnus
I can't say for sure, but I would guess that gnus is shipped as part of Emacs, and doesn't have its own package.
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When I search with Synaptic
When I search with Synaptic it turns out that there exists a separate package called 'gnus'.
Eeltje de Vries
if I install the testing
if I install the testing gnus, do you know, when I hit M-x gnus in emacs, whether I will be using the built-in "shipped with emacs testing" gnus OR the newly installed "testing" gnus?
Don't know...
I can not tell you, because I am not using emacs. But I think you should be able to tell which packages are on your system...
Eeltje de Vries
not the case, notice all the
not the case, notice all the packages listed, non is gnus
http://packages.debian.org/testing/editors/emacs21
Wrong!
You are looking at the wrong place!
See: http://packages.debian.org/testing/news/
Eeltje de Vries
See here...
eeltje@box:~$ dpkg -l gnus
Gewenst=(U)Onbekend/Installeren/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Niet/geInstalleerd/Config/Uitgepakt/(F)config-mislukt/Half-geinst
|/ Fout?=(geen)/Hold/Reinst nodig/X=beide (Status,Fout: hoofdlett=ernstig)
||/ Naam Versie Omschrijving
+++-==============-==============-============================================
pn gnus (geen beschrijving beschikbaar)
Eeltje de Vries
Just one of those things...
It seems you're not the first to notice this 'problem.' As it turns out, gnus is packaged with emacs and as a standalone package. This was reported as a bug, but apparently there's no problem. I guess if you want the more up to date one install the standalone package and Emacs will Do The Right Thing.
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