Easy enough. Put these in a directory, say ~/emacs-bug-1801 and run the following command: emacs -Q --batch -L . --eval \ "(progn \ (setq byte-compile-error-on-warn t) \ (batch-byte-compile))" *.el On Emacs 24.3 the following warning will occur: In toplevel form: bug.el:10:1:Warning: Unused lexical argument `key' *<<--- Incorrect; key is a used lexical argument* Wrote e:/EmacsPortable.App/Data/src/ergoemacs-mode/bug.elc In toplevel form: bug2.el:10:1:Warning: argument `_key' not left unused *<<--- Correct; _key is a used lexical argument*Wrote e:/EmacsPortable.App/Data/src/ergoemacs-mode/bug2.elc Also on emacs 24.3, even though batch-byte-compile-error-on-warn is set to t, it will ignore the errors, which is not what I expect when I set this option. On Emacs trunk (24.4) it will not ignore the error but cause the make to fail. Matt Type the following On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:01:12 -0500 > > From: Matthew Fidler > > Cc: 18014@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > You probably downloaded the version with lexical binding disabled. > > > > Sorry, I should have linked to the version with lexical binding enabled. > > So how about posting a complete, self-contained recipe that could be > used to reproduce the problem? > > TIA >