And how does a poor soul like me get it to build? EMACSBOOTSTRAPLOADPATH="/usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../lisp/:/usr/src/xemacs-build" EMACSBOOTSTRAPMODULEPATH="/usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../modules/:/usr/src/xemacs-build" ./temacs -batch -l /usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../lisp/update-elc.el Fatal error: assertion failed, file /usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/alloc.c, line 2495, abort() make[1]: *** [dump-elcs] Aborted make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xemacs-build/src' cd ./src && make all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xemacs-build/src' EMACSBOOTSTRAPLOADPATH="/usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../lisp/:/usr/src/xemacs-build" EMACSBOOTSTRAPMODULEPATH="/usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../modules/:/usr/src/xemacs-build" ./temacs -batch -l /usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/../lisp/update-elc.el Fatal error: assertion failed, file /usr/src/xemacs-21.2/src/alloc.c, line 2495, abort() make[1]: *** [update-elc.stamp] Aborted make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xemacs-build/src' make: *** [src] Error 2 -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA mdharnois(a)home.com aa0bt(a)aa0bt.ampr.org If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows. -- Yiddish saying