Hi, I'm using xemacs-beta, and I realise it's quite old, but it has more features than the most recent stable branch which I absolutely need and cannot live without (i.e. sub-pixel anti-aliased true-type fonts :-) ) I compiled it with the following flags: --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr/local/xemacs --with-package-path=/usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages --with-xft=emacs,menubars,tabs,gauges --without-gtk --without-gnome --with-athena=3d --with-menubars=lucid --with-scrollbars=lucid --with-dialogs=athena --with-widgets=athena --with-gpm=no --with-sound=no --with-xim=no --with-zlib --with-database=no --with-postgresql=no --with-ldap=no --with-ipv6-cname --with-error-checking=no --without-debug Anyway, when I go into the haskell-mode package directory and type: make bytecompile I eventually get this: xemacs -no-autoloads -vanilla -batch -eval '(setq stack-trace-on-error t load-always-display-messages t load-ignore-out-of-date-elc-files t load-show-full-path-in-messages t)' -eval '(setq load-path (list lisp-directory))' -l /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/package-compile.el -- dired mail-lib xemacs-base edit-utils -- -l comint -l cus-face -l font-lock -l func-menu -l imenu -l haskell-mode -l haskell-indent -f batch-byte-compile auto-autoloads.el Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/package-compile.el... Loading /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/auto-autoloads.elc... Requiring /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/bytecomp.elc... Requiring /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/byte-optimize.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/edit-utils/auto-autoloads.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/auto-autoloads.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/mail-lib/auto-autoloads.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/dired/auto-autoloads.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/comint.elc... Requiring /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/ring.elc... Loading /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/cus-face.elc... Loading /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/cus-face.elc... Loading /usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/lisp/font-lock.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/edit-utils/func-menu.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/imenu.elc... Loading /home/ayqazi/src/packages/xemacs/cvs/packages/xemacs-packages/haskell-mode/haskell-mode.el...make: *** [auto-autoloads.elc] Interrupt Note that I have to manually kill it, or it goes into a memory-sucking vortex of death where all my memory is filled up and my computer is ground to a halt until the kenel sensibly kills as many processes as it can - unfortunately including the X server and anything running under it. Any ideas what's causing it? Or should it be ignored, and I just use the latest stable version of XEmacs for my package compiling shenanigans? Thanks _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta