hey steve i just tried to release your new version of mh-e i got an error when it compiled. from the looks of it it has something to do with rmail, maybe it needs a dependancy on rmail or its one of those "rmail must be built before mh-e" problems im not sure let me know if you need more info --- build output --- xemacs -no-autoloads -vanilla -batch -eval '(setq stack-trace-on-error t load-ignore-out-of-date-elc-files t load-show-full-path-in-messages t)' -l /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/package-compile.el -- gnus mail-lib xemacs-base speedbar -- -f batch-byte-compile mh-comp.el Loading /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.11/lisp/auto-autoloads... Loading /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/speedbar/auto-autoloads... Loading /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/auto-autoloads... Loading /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/mail-lib/auto-autoloads... Loading /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/gnus/gnus/lisp/auto-autoloads... Compiling /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/mh-e/mh-comp.el... While compiling toplevel forms in file /home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/mh-e/mh-comp.el: !! File error (("Cannot open load file" "rmail")) backtrace(nil t) # bind (error-info) byte-compile-report-error((file-error "Cannot open load file" "rmail")) # bind (error-info) #<compiled-function (error-info) "...(4)" [error-info byte-compile-report-error] 2>((file-error "Cannot open load file" "rmail")) signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file" "rmail")) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("rmail" nil t nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(rmail) (progn (require (quote rmail))) (eval-when-compile (require (quote rmail))) # bind (current-load-list) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (load-file-name) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) load-internal("gnus-util" nil t nil undecided) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("gnus-util" nil t nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(gnus-util) # bind (current-load-list) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (load-file-name) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) load-internal("mh-utils" nil t nil undecided) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("mh-utils" nil t nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(mh-utils) # bind (current-load-list) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (load-file-name) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) load-internal("mh-e" nil t nil undecided) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("mh-e" nil t nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(mh-e) eval((require (quote mh-e))) # bind (form) byte-compile-file-form-eval-boundary((require (quote mh-e))) # bind (byte-compile-current-form handler form) byte-compile-file-form((require (quote mh-e))) # (unwind-protect ...) #<compiled-function nil "...(43)" [byte-compile-unresolved-functions byte-compile-inbuffer 1 " \n" nil looking-at ";" byte-compile-file-form read byte-compile-flush-pending byte-compile-warn-about-unresolved-functions] 3>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (error-info) "...(4)" [error-info byte-compile-report-error] 2> #<compiled-function nil "...(43)" [byte-compile-unresolved-functions byte-compile-inbuffer 1 " \n" nil looking-at ";" byte-compile-file-form read byte-compile-flush-pending byte-compile-warn-about-unresolved-functions] 3>) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (byte-compile-warnings-beginning byte-compile-point-max-prev byte-compile-log-buffer byte-compile-macro-environment byte-compile-function-environment byte-compile-autoload-environment byte-compile-unresolved-functions byte-compile-bound-variables byte-compile-free-references byte-compile-free-assignments byte-compile-verbose byte-optimize byte-compile-emacs19-compatibility byte-compile-dynamic byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings byte-compile-warnings byte-compile-file-domain byte-compile-outbuffer float-output-format case-fold-search print-length print-level byte-compile-constants byte-compile-variables byte-compile-tag-number byte-compile-depth byte-compile-maxdepth byte-compile-output eval filename byte-compile-inbuffer) byte-compile-from-buffer(#<buffer " *Compiler Input*"> "/home/rendhalver/Hacking/XEmacs/build/packages/xemacs-packages/mh-e/mh-comp.el") # bind (byte-compile-current-file target-file input-buffer output-buffer byte-compile-dest-file load filename) byte-compile-file("mh-comp.el") byte-code("..." [file byte-compile-file t] 2) # (condition-case ... . ((error (byte-code "ÂÃ!ˆÂ!ˆÂÄ!ˆÅÆ!«‡Æ Ç\"ˆª‘ ＠ÈN®‚ ＠!ˆÉÊ A\"ˆÂË!ˆÇ‡" ... 3)))) # bind (file) batch-byte-compile-1("mh-comp.el") # bind (error file-to-process) batch-byte-compile-one-file() # bind (error) batch-byte-compile() # bind (arg) command-line-do-funcall("-f") # bind (dir file-count line end-of-options file-p arg tem) command-line-1() # bind (command-line-args-left) command-line() # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code " ‡" ... 1)))) # bind (error-data) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) -- XEmacs Advocate | Do not try the patience of Wizards, Gentoo Devotee | for they are subtle and quick to anger. Perl Hacker | - Elric (Technomage) , Babylon 5. Apache God | <mailto:rendhalver at xemacs.org> <GnuPG KeyID: AE51D190>