Ed> In the Makefile, the 'check' target should depend on 'all' Ed> since you cannot run tests without building xemacs first. But `make all' is not the only way to build xemacs. I think it's preferable to have make check fail in an obvious way that does not disturb the build tree, rather than enforce a particular build style. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.