On 3/1/06, Michael Sperber <sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de&gt; wrote: Hi Michael, Is the following a minimalist version of what you mean? (This patch should be applied on top of my earlier patches.) --- xemacs.mak.~2~ 2006-02-27 22:33:08.142511900 -0500 +++ xemacs.mak 2006-03-09 09:27:18.031578800 -0500 ＠＠ -812,7 +812,7 ＠＠ -DXEMACS_EXTRA_NAME=\"$(xemacs_extra_name:"=)\" \ !endif !if defined(PATH_PACKAGEPATH) - -DPATH_PACKAGEPATH=\"$(PATH_PACKAGEPATH)\" \ + -DPATH_LATE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES=\"$(PATH_PACKAGEPATH)\" \ !endif -DEMACS_CONFIGURATION=\"$(EMACS_CONFIGURATION)\" TEMACS_CPP_FLAGS=$(CFLAGS) $(TEMACS_CPP_FLAGS_NO_CFLAGS) ＠＠ -1077,7 +1077,7 ＠＠ !endif !if defined(PATH_PACKAGEPATH) # PATH_PACKAGEPATH is already a quoted string. -! if [echo PACKAGE_PATH>>$(CONFIG_VALUES) && echo $(PATH_PACKAGEPATH)>>$(CONFIG_VALUES)] +! if [echo PATH_LATE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES>>$(CONFIG_VALUES) && echo $(PATH_PACKAGEPATH)>>$(CONFIG_VALUES)] ! endif !endif I don't understand under what configurations "the settings in nt/xemacs.mak are just plain wrong". If my proposal is on the wrong track or doesn't go far enough, please send me a sample patch. I'm happy to do the scut work of making sure all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed and working the bare bones of your changes into a patch that's ready for prime time. Thanks, Vin -- Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-- over and over announcing your place in the family of things. Mary Oliver