Using the most recent sources and building in the source tree: ( today=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d') git clone --quiet git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git emacs-$today cd ./emacs-$today ./autogen.sh >& /dev/null ./configure >& /dev/null make bootstrap >& mk.out make -k check |& tee check.out ) I'm seeing three test failures: 3 unexpected results: FAILED python-shell-buffer-substring-10 FAILED python-shell-buffer-substring-11 FAILED python-shell-buffer-substring-12 Please let me know if you need more details. Regards, Vin Shelton -- *If Cooperstown is calling, it's no fluke*