Hi, the attached patch will re-enable spell checking.
Regards Pascal
--- xchat-2.6.8/debian/rules.org 2006-11-18 19:20:08.000000000 +0100 +++ xchat-2.6.8/debian/rules 2006-11-18 19:25:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess . CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-python --enable-ipv6 \ --enable-japanese-conv --disable-mmx --enable-openssl --enable-zvt --enable-tcl=/usr/lib/tcl8.4 \ - --enable-dbus --enable-spell --disable-rpath + --enable-dbus --enable-spell=gtkspell --disable-rpath touch configure-stamp build: configure build-stamp