Thanks for the report. Joe> Hello Joe> I have been trying to build XEmacs versions 21.4.11, 21.4.12, Joe> and 21.4.13 and have come across the same problem in the same Joe> place for each of these versions. I ran configure without Joe> specifying any custom options and am using gcc version 3.2.2 Joe> on Irix 6.5.19m. I then ran make as myself (I don't have Joe> root, and have to have help when it comes time to do the make Joe> install) and, for each of these versions, saw the same error Joe> - a termination code 138 just after the makefile printed that Joe> it was testing for Lisp shadows. I don't know what Lisp Joe> shadows are and whether I even need them, if they are an Joe> optional feature. Lisp shadows (ie, multiple copies of the same library) should not cause XEmacs or make to crash. They should only exist if you have a previous installation of XEmacs. They are rarely harmful, but when they are it is very hard to debug. I don't think that "code 138" is from XEmacs; when XEmacs crashes, it prints tons of information all over the screen (and in particular directs you to send mail to <crashes(a)xemacs.org&gt;, which is an alias for <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org>). AFAIK, XEmacs does not produce useful return codes. If you are not using GNU Make, please try installing and using it. Also (faint hope here) try .../configure --with-dialogs=no --with-widgets=no --pdump If that gives you a working XEmacs and you have the packages installed (see README.packages, maybe it's in the ./etc directory), try sending a preformatted bug report with M-x report-emacs-bug RET. We need to see the contents of the Installation file produced by configure. It is included in the report generated by report-emacs-bug, but if that doesn't work. please send it by mail as an attached file, to <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;. Good luck! APA> Please address usage questions to the newsgroup APA> comp.emacs.xemacs or xemacs-news(a)xemacs.org. (Psst. It's a build failure; they go to xemacs-beta. :-) CC'ing xemacs-beta. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.