X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/b578f267af27af50e3c091f8c9c9eee939b69978..96439b6aabaca49a1fb43bf5d526e82f12b0924b:/lisp/paths.el

diff --git a/lisp/paths.el b/lisp/paths.el
index 842dab1534..96536a1b4a 100644
--- a/lisp/paths.el
+++ b/lisp/paths.el
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@
 	(configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
     (setq start (nconc start (list configdir)))
     start)
-  "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.
-They are searched in the order they are given in this list.
+  "Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files.
+They are searched in the order they are given in the list.
 Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
-normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
+normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).
+
+Once Info is started, the list of directories to search
+comes from the variable `Info-directory-list'.
+This variable `Info-default-directory-list' is used as the default
+for initializing `Info-directory-list' when Info is started.")
 
 (defvar news-path
   (if (file-exists-p "/usr/spool/news/")
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
   (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
 	((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
 	((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
+	((file-exists-p "/usr/contrib/lib/news/inews") "/usr/contrib/lib/news/inews")
 	((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
 	(t "inews"))
   "Program to post news.")
@@ -73,12 +79,6 @@ The null string means use the local host as the server site.")
 Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
 should be set to `(system-name)'.")
 
-(defvar gnus-local-domain nil
-  "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
-The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
-If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
-there is no need to set this variable.")
-
 (defvar gnus-local-organization nil
   "*The name of your organization, as a string.
 The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")