>>>>> "NOB" == Niels Olof Bouvin writes:

 NOB> One question: Which version of compface are you using? I use
 NOB> v1.4.5 [1] under Solaris, and it gives me 'compface: (warning)
 NOB> <stdin>: excess data ignored' whenever I try to run the command
 NOB> sequence of gnus-convert-pbm-to-x-face-command.

I think, the version, I use, comes from xemacs ftp site. I'm not sure,
what version it is, but file modification dates are in 1990-1991 years,
but two files -- Makefile and xbm2xface.pl are from 1995. Any references
to version are absent, top 3 lines from the README are:

--8<------------------------schnipp------------------------->8---
Compface - 48x48x1 image compression and decompression
Copyright (c) James Ashton 1990.
Written 89/11/11
--8<------------------------schnapp------------------------->8---

---Vas