dv> 1/ I like it, in particular the fact that I can install a symlink tree in dv> /usr/local/lib/xemacs/*-packages dv> 2/ Mew is always recompiled by each consecutive `make' command. I don't know dv> if it's related, but all compilation gives this: dv> While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/local/src/xemacs-packages/comm/mew/mew/mew-cache.el: dv> !! Symbol's value as variable is void ((mew-use-overlay-keymap)) I don't get this on my system - using XEmacs 21.1.10. There's a problems with the texinfo files which AFAIK isn't fixed yet. dv> 3/ I don't like the fact that *all* packages are compiled, even the ones I dv> don't want to install. I understand that the primary goal of the Makefiles dv> are to generate distributions for all packages, but I still think there dv> should be a way to make a partial bytecompilation. cd into those directories you like and run make only there. Or play around with XEMACS_PACKAGES in Local.rules. dv> 4/ I can't install the mule "locale" package. I get this: dv> ls -1 pkginfo/MANIFEST.locale > pkginfo/MANIFEST.locale) dv> ls: lisp/locale/ChangeLog: No such file or directory dv> ls: lisp/locale/auto-autoloads.elc: No such file or directory dv> ls: lisp/locale/auto-autoloads.el: No such file or directory dv> ls: lisp/locale/_pkg.el: No such file or directory dv> make[1]: *** [binkit-common] Error 1 dv> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/xemacs-packages/mule/locale' dv> make: *** [install] Error 2 Thanks, I've commited your patch. Andreas 2000-06-22 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de&gt; * XEmacs.rules: Uncomment ELCS test. Patch by Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt;. -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj(a)suse.de private aj(a)arthur.inka.de