Could this be related? It just started happening now. $ make -C lisp custom-deps make: Entering directory '/d/Devel/emacs/repo/trunk/lisp' make[1]: Entering directory '/d/Devel/emacs/repo/trunk/lisp' GEN cus-load.el INFO Scanning files for custom... INFO Scanning files for custom...10% INFO Scanning files for custom...20% INFO Scanning files for custom...30% INFO Scanning files for custom...40% INFO Scanning files for custom...50% INFO Scanning files for custom...60% INFO Scanning files for custom...70% INFO Scanning files for custom...80% INFO Scanning files for custom...90% INFO Scanning files for custom...100% INFO Scanning files for custom...done INFO Generating ./cus-load.el... Version must be a string make[1]: *** [Makefile:152: cus-load.el] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory '/d/Devel/emacs/repo/trunk/lisp' make: *** [Makefile:150: custom-deps] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/d/Devel/emacs/repo/trunk/lisp'