`make gzip-el' gzips package-get-base.el, which causes the expression (package-get-file-installed-p "package-get-base.el") (at the top level of package-get.el) to return nil, which in turn causes (file-attributes package-file) to signal an error, which causes the load of package-get to fail. I don't have a fix. The question (to my mind) is whether: a) package-get-file-installed-p should allow for the case where a gzipped version of the file is installed, b) package-get should explicitly test for the existance of package-get-base.el.gz, or c) make gzip-el should avoid gzipping package-get-base.el -- Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk&gt;