Do I need read/write permissions to the xemacs-package directory in order to build a xemacs binary? XEmacs 21.2 in cvs builds fine though. (No big issue, but thought you'd might want to know) ... Dumping under the name xemacs Purespace usage: 775672 of 775672 (100%). Testing for Lisp shadows ... This site has duplicate Lisp libraries with the same name. If a locally-installed Lisp library overrides a library in the Emacs release, that can cause trouble, and you should probably remove the locally-installed version unless you know what you are doing. /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/vc/vc hides /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/vc -cc/vc /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/vc/vc-hooks hides /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/l isp/vc-cc/vc-hooks /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/xpm-button hides /home/jas/src/xemacs-21.1/o/ lisp/xpm-button 3 Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jas/src/xemacs-21.1/o/src' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jas/src/xemacs-21.1/o/src' Building finder database ... xemacs exiting.Opening input file: Permission denied, /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/edi t-utils/icomplete.el make: *** [lisp/finder-inf.el] Error 255 [jas＠localhost o]$