diff --git a/compiler/fndb.lisp b/compiler/fndb.lisp
index 8a89ba3fbbb9cf796623821bd7b79f0932627f3d..6b86ec184f001de529635a83f873d12b01e32d95 100644
--- a/compiler/fndb.lisp
+++ b/compiler/fndb.lisp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Carnegie Mellon University, and has been placed in the public domain.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/fndb.lisp,v 1.97 2002/02/22 14:55:14 toy Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/fndb.lisp,v 1.98 2002/03/07 00:04:40 pw Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -1047,7 +1047,8 @@
    (:print t) (:progress t)
    (:block-compile (member t nil :specified))
    (:entry-points list)
-   (:byte-compile (member t nil :maybe)))
+   (:byte-compile (member t nil :maybe))
+   (:external-format (member :default)))
   (values (or pathname null) boolean boolean))
 
 (defknown disassemble (callable &key (:stream stream) (:backend backend)
diff --git a/compiler/main.lisp b/compiler/main.lisp
index 93f110b4620b8123b8332d4909eaf0be02e5fdf4..8c25f821b5d076ce705b13dd3e4e56ffb38841fb 100644
--- a/compiler/main.lisp
+++ b/compiler/main.lisp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Carnegie Mellon University, and has been placed in the public domain.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/main.lisp,v 1.123 2001/05/17 22:08:48 pw Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/main.lisp,v 1.124 2002/03/07 00:04:41 pw Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@
 			    (trace-file nil) 
 			    (error-output t)
 			    (load nil)
+			    (external-format :default)
 			    ((:verbose *compile-verbose*) *compile-verbose*)
 			    ((:print *compile-print*) *compile-print*)
 			    ((:progress *compile-progress*) *compile-progress*)
@@ -1701,6 +1702,7 @@
       slower.  If :MAYBE, then only byte-compile when SPEED is 0 and
       DEBUG <= 1.  The default is the value of EXT:*BYTE-COMPILE-DEFAULT*,
       which is initially :MAYBE."
+  (declare (ignore external-format))
   (let* ((fasl-file nil)
 	 (error-file-stream nil)
 	 (output-file-pathname nil)