nxml-mode, Debian, emacs21

I think I am going mad, can someone else check my logic?

The Debian nxml-mode package puts .el files in 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/nxml-mode,
and .elc files in /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/nxml-mode. The startup 
file first adds
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/nxml-mode to the load-path,  and then 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/nxml-mode.
This means that the first directory to be found is 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/nxml-mode.
When you load-library (eg) "nxml-mode", you therefore get the .el file, 
because
it is found first. .elc files are never loaded.

I have checked my current emacs, and all the Debian emacs packages 
always load
source versions of elisp, instead of .elc ones.

Have I missed some vital trick?

Sebastian


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