dv> nbecker writes: nbecker> You can configure in a different directory. But the build will nbecker> create a link to the lisp source, and will try to byte-compile to nbecker> that directory. So building with read-only access will not work. dv> You've got a point there, I think. The original policy was logical dv> however: you only replicate what can be architecture dependant. How is it that dv> somebody installs the sources read-only without doing at least one whole dv> compilation ? Don't we ship releases with .elc files? For beta versions, read-only sources don't seem to make much sense. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla