Martin> If I have a directory structure like this: Martin> /foo/pkgs/xemacs-packages Martin> /foo/pkgs/mule-packages Martin> and I Martin> configure --package-path=~/.xemacs:/foo/pkgs/ --without-mule ... Martin> Then the resulting xemacs, when run in place, has a load-path that Martin> includes subdirectories of /foo/pkgs/mule-packages. And this warning Martin> appears: Martin> (1) (warning/warning) Autoload error in: /usr/users/martin/x/pkgs/mule-packages/lisp/skk/auto-autoloads: Martin> Cannot open load file: mule Martin> I think I'm using the package system the way it was designed, But you're not. So the components of --package-path are all package hierarchies. The docs then go on to explain that package hierarchies are things with lisp, etc, info, and lib-src subdirectories. So, the correct setting would be (note also the separation between early and late): configure --package-path=~/.xemacs::/foo/pkgs/mule-packages:/foo/pkgs/xemacs-packages ... -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla