Strange problems building xemacs-2.8.4 under HP-UX 10.20

I tried to build xemacs-21.4.8 unde hpux-10.20 ona a PA risk (I had a disk failure, and could not use the olde xemacs I had there), and ran into the following problems: configure generated Makefiles with huge chunks of whitespace and a few ^L-s, and then eithr gnu-make or the hp-ux make gave lots of syntax error messages. I edited the files by hand, removed the white space and did the makes in each subdirectory -- which gave me a working xemacs. Has anyone else reported similar behavior? I presume that the streaming editor used to generate the Makefiles bad, so I installed a new gcc, and many other peices of software, but finally, the compilation only worked with the hp-ux cc. I will send a formal bug-report once I get it installed and running properly. -- Hardy (Meinhard E. Mayer) Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mathematics Tel: (949) 759-3378 Fax: (734) 448-5140 URL: http://mitpress2.mit.edu/sicm/