Michael Sperber says: ^^^^^ this seems to do the trick fine, and now i can start using 21.2b4 i saw the --with-site-lisp stuff in configure, but i figured since this was a depracated way of doing business, i oughta find out how to do it right. well, what is the right way to do what used to be the old site-lisp dir hierarchy? is it as above? i read (quickly) through the NEWS stuff and i wouldnt say it popped right out at me. (YMPV) -- ____ Les Schaffer godzilla(a)netmeg.net ___| --->> Engineering R&D <<--- Theoretical & Applied Mechanics | Designspring, Inc. Center for Radiophysics & Space Research | Westport, CT USA Cornell Univ. schaffer(a)tam.cornell.edu | les(a)designspring.com