sb> This patch shouldn't be necessary. package-compile.el shouldn't be sb> searching for and finding external packages. It should *only* be sb> picking up core lisp, then adding specific directories via table sb> lookup. sb> Michael Sperber <sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de&gt; writes: This isn't for external packages, this is for core Lisp. It certainly isn't necessary because it *limits* the load-path depth to be consistent with the way the rest of XEmacs sees it. I just want to avoid obscure consistency problems in cases where someone puts subdirectories underneath core Lisp deeper than 1. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla