Ed> Most other software (including all GNU packages I've tried to Ed> build, if you consider that a valid precedent) do have 'check' Ed> build the package if necessary so that tests can be run. So Ed> while in itself the decision doesn't matter much one way or Ed> the other, I think XEmacs should try to follow existing Ed> precedent. If you feel strongly enough to do the work of checking to see which of the several ways of constructing an xemacs binary disturbs the tree least, and testing to make sure that it works properly for all of the various short-circuit configurations (and in particular does _not_ do a full build when xemacs is configured --quick-build), I'm sure a properly formatted patch would be quickly reviewed. -- 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.