nbecker writes: nbecker> One possibility is that the compilied lisp goes to a local dir. But it would be a waste of disk. Is it really worth it ? Why can't the guy that installed the sources do a first compilation ? They don't change after that. Then, you can recompile the executable with any fancy option you want without dealing with lisp byte-compilation. -- / / _ _ Didier Verna http://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:verna＠inf.enst.fr /_/ / /_/ / /__ / 46 rue Barrault Tel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19