178: Why do I get "Cannot open load file" "nntp" when compiling GNUS?
  
  Specifically, the error message is this:
  
    Error occurred processing gnus.el: File error (("Cannot open load file" "nntp"))
  
  This means that nntp.el is not in Emacs's load-path, which is easy to
  happen when compiling using the Makefile.
  
  Easiest solution: set EMACSLOADPATH in Makefile (idea from Glenn Gribble
  <glenn@netcom.com>):
  
    EMACSLOADPATH=/usr/local/emacs/lisp:.
    ELC= env EMACSLOADPATH=$(EMACSLOADPATH) emacs -batch -f batch-byte-compile
  
  Another solution, in hack.el put this:
  
    (defun gross-hack () (setq load-path (cons "/directory" load-path)))
  
  Then in Makefile:
  
    ELC= emacs -batch -l hack.el -f gross-hack -f batch-byte-compile