> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:04:50 +0800
> From: "Jie Zhang" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> After reading your email, I tried "make bootstrap; make install" and
> found then the highlighting works for C mode. Then I tried "make; make
> install" again, however highlighting still works. Even "rm -rf
> /home/jie/installs/emacs; make; make install" works now. It's rather
> strange.
I'm guessing that you had some stale *.elc files in your tree, and
"make bootstrap" cured that, because it removes all *.elc files and
recompiles them anew.