In 21.4.14, configure.in defines xe_cppflags='$CPPFLAGS $c_switch_site $c_switch_machine $c_switch_system $c_switch_x_site $X_CFLAGS' ... ac_cpp='$CPP '"$xe_cppflags" ... CPP=`eval "echo $CPP $CPPFLAGS"` which means that anything using $ac_cpp will see CPPFLAGS twice. This is causing me grief, because of a -DTEXT_DOMAIN="" that is in the CPPFLAGS that's defined by the workspace that I'm building XEmacs in.[1] XEmacs doesn't use TEXT_DOMAIN, so I think I can work around this via some Companion CD makefile hackery. But this does seem like a bit of ugliness in configure.in. Would it be possible to take out the CPP= line and then use $ac_cpp instead of $CPP? thanks, mike [1] configure executes statements that look like ...gcc -E -DTEXT_DOMAIN= ... -DTEXT_DOMAIN="" ... and gcc complains with *Initialization*:1: warning: `TEXT_DOMAIN' redefined *Initialization*:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition and "configure" takes this to mean that the command failed. -- Mike Kupfer mike.kupfer(a)sun.com XEmacs maintainer, Solaris Companion CD