[MacPorts] #54399: xemacs unable to download packages; needs efs (and probably xemacs-basic) in /xemacs-packages

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#54399: xemacs unable to download packages; needs efs (and probably xemacs-basic)
in /xemacs-packages
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 Reporter:  drallensmith                 |      Owner:
     Type:  defect                       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal                       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports                        |    Version:  2.4.1
 Keywords:  packages, efs, xemacs-basic  |       Port:  xemacs
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 When (even running with sudo or sudo -H) I attempt to download packages
 via xemacs, I receive various error messages depending on what in the
 tools/packages menu I attempt to use; most notably, "Symbol's value as
 variable is void: allow-remote-paths". As far as I can tell, from
 README.packages in an xemacs download, this is because there needs to be a
 /xemacs-packages directory below the /opt/local/lib/xemacs-21.4.22
 directory, and in it there needs to be the efs package (and probably the
 xemacs-basic package, which it uses, unless that one is already part of
 the port). These can be gotten from - among other places -
 [http://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages/]. Once I make these changes,
 sudo -H xemacs can download and install (xemacs) packages without
 problems.

 -Allen

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