diff -Naur lammps-10Jan08/src/neigh_list.cpp lammps-11Jan08/src/neigh_list.cpp
--- lammps-10Jan08/src/neigh_list.cpp	2007-10-22 11:45:06.000000000 -0600
+++ lammps-11Jan08/src/neigh_list.cpp	2008-01-09 09:17:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
   dpages = NULL;
   dnum = 0;
 
-  skip = 0;
   iskip = NULL;
   ijskip = NULL;
 
diff -Naur lammps-10Jan08/src/neigh_list.h lammps-11Jan08/src/neigh_list.h
--- lammps-10Jan08/src/neigh_list.h	2007-10-11 17:09:11.000000000 -0600
+++ lammps-11Jan08/src/neigh_list.h	2008-01-09 09:17:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
   // atom types to skip when building list
   // iskip,ijskip are just ptrs to corresponding request
 
-  int skip;              // 1 if this list skips atom types from another list
   int *iskip;            // iskip[i] if atoms of type I are not in list
   int **ijskip;          // ijskip[i][j] if pairs of type I,J are not in list
 
diff -Naur lammps-10Jan08/src/neighbor.cpp lammps-11Jan08/src/neighbor.cpp
--- lammps-10Jan08/src/neighbor.cpp	2008-01-02 17:30:07.000000000 -0700
+++ lammps-11Jan08/src/neighbor.cpp	2008-01-09 09:17:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@
     // detect lists that are connected to other lists
     // if-then-else sequence is important
     //   since don't want to re-process skip or copy lists further down
+    // copy: point this list at request->otherlist, could be a skip list
     // skip: point this list at request->otherlist, copy skip info from request
-    // copy: point this list at request->otherlist
     // half_from_full: point this list at preceeding full list
     // granhistory: set preceeding list's listgranhistory to this list
     //   also set precedding list's ptr to FixShearHistory
@@ -457,14 +457,14 @@
     //   ok if parent is copy list
 
     for (i = 0; i < nlist; i++) {
-      if (requests[i]->skip) {
+      if (requests[i]->copy)
+	lists[i]->listcopy = lists[requests[i]->otherlist];
+
+      else if (requests[i]->skip) {
 	lists[i]->listskip = lists[requests[i]->otherlist];
 	lists[i]->copy_skip_info(requests[i]->iskip,requests[i]->ijskip);
 
-      } else if (requests[i]->copy)
-	lists[i]->listcopy = lists[requests[i]->otherlist];
-
-      else if (requests[i]->half_from_full)
+      } else if (requests[i]->half_from_full)
 	lists[i]->listfull = lists[i-1];
 
       else if (requests[i]->granhistory) {