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@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ rather than `defvar', as used by `./lisp/paths.el'. For example, is how you would override the default value of the variable news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews"). +Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the +variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the +variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are +doing, you'll make a mistake. + Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look something up in the system's password and user information database. |