my new beta build isn't aware of packages

this morning i 'clone'd the rep with the command hg clone http://hg.debian.org/hg/xemacs/xemacs-beta configured, built and installed xemacs as usual (i have a script that sets all the configure options, followed by "make beta install"), but apparently the fresh xemacs cannot find the packages in /usr/local/lib/xemacs/{xemacs,mule}-packages/ i have probably missed something obvious, something that was amply discussed on the list, but i have to admit that lately i do not read the list with due diligence in case there is something unplausible, this is my Installation report uname -a: Linux boffi95 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ./configure '--disable-sound' '--disable-error-checking' '--disable-assertions' '--disable-kkcc' '--disable-mc-alloc' '--enable-dialogs=lucid' '--enable-menubars=lucid' '--enable-modules' '--enable-mule' '--enable-pdump' '--enable-scrollbars=lucid' '--enable-widgets=athena' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-optimization=yes' '--with-rel-alloc' '--with-xft=emacs,menubars' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-zlib' '--enable-bignum=gmp' XEmacs 21.5-b28 "fuki" 61aff09a7589 configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults: Source code location: /home/boffi/src/tmp/xemacs-beta Installation prefix: /usr/local Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.2.4 20080512 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.3-6) - GCC specs file: specs. - Compiler command: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wunused-parameter -g -O3 libc version: GNU libc 2.7-11 (Debian) Relocating allocator for buffers: yes GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: - X Windows libraries location: - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. - Using fontconfig to manage fonts. - Compiling in support for Xft antialiased fonts (EXPERIMENTAL). Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d - Athena library to link: Xaw3d Using Lucid menubars. - Using Xft to render antialiased fonts in menubars. WARNING: This feature will be replaced with a face. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. - Using Xft to render antialiased fonts in progress bars. WARNING: This feature will be replaced with a face. WARNING: This feature not yet implemented; setting ignored. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for LDAP. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Mail: Compiling in support for "file" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Compiling in support for more number types using the GNU MP library. Using the new portable dumper. Dumping into executable. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta