Strange failure. configure, and make went fine. But: sudo make install cd ./lib-src && make all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lib-src' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lib-src' cd ./lwlib && make all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lwlib' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lwlib' cd ./src && make all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/src' ./temacs -nd -batch -l /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/update-elc.el Loading /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/update-elc.el... Loading very-early-lisp... Loading find-paths.el... Loading packages.el... Loading setup-paths.el... Loading dump-paths.el... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/dumped-lisp.el... "Error: Library file backquote not found" rm -f ../lib-src/DOC; \ ./temacs -nd -batch -l /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/make-docfile.el -- \ -o ../lib-src/DOC -d /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src -i ../lib-src/../site-packages \ abbrev.c alloc.c blocktype.c buffer.c bytecode.c callint.c callproc.c casefiddle.c casetab.c chartab.c cmdloop.c cmds.c console.c console-stream.c data.c device.c dired.c doc.c doprnt.c dynarr.c editfns.c elhash.c emacs.c eval.c events.c filelock.c unexelf.c balloon_help.c balloon-x.c eldap.c postgresql.c dgif_lib.c gif_io.c menubar.c scrollbar.c dialog.c toolbar.c menubar-x.c scrollbar-x.c dialog-x.c toolbar-x.c gui-x.c mule.c mule-ccl.c mule-charset.c file-coding.c input-method-xlib.c mule-wnnfns.c mule-canna.c realpath.c inline.c linuxplay.c esd.c miscplay.c console-tty.c device-tty.c event-tty.c frame-tty.c objects-tty.c redisplay-tty.c cm.c terminfo.c gpmevent.c event-unixoid.c database.c sysdll.c emodules.c process-unix.c event-stream.c extents.c faces.c fileio.c filemode.c floatfns.c fns.c font-lock.c frame.c general.c glyphs.c glyphs-eimage.c glyphs-widget.c gui.c gutter.c hash.c imgproc.c indent.c insdel.c intl.c keymap.c line-number.c lread.c lstream.c macros.c marker.c md5.c minibuf.c objects.c opaque.c print.c process.c profile.c rangetab.c redisplay.c redisplay-output.c regex.c search.c select.c signal.c sound.c specifier.c strftime.c symbols.c syntax.c sysdep.c undo.c console-x.c device-x.c event-Xt.c frame-x.c glyphs-x.c objects-x.c redisplay-x.c select-x.c xgccache.c widget.c window.c Loading /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/make-docfile.el... Loading very-early-lisp... Loading find-paths.el... Loading packages.el... Loading setup-paths.el... Loading dump-paths.el... File error: "Cannot open load file", "custom" ./temacs -nd -batch -l /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/loadup.el dump Loading /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.3/src/../lisp/loadup.el... Using load-path (/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp) Using module-load-path (/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/modules) Loading very-early-lisp... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/dumped-lisp.el... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/backquote.elc... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/bytecomp-runtime.elc... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/find-paths.elc... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/packages.elc... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/setup-paths.elc... Loading /usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/dump-paths.elc... Load file subr: not found Fatal error during load, aborting make[1]: *** [xemacs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/i686-pc-linux-gnu/xemacs-21.4.3/src' make: *** [src] Error 2 The files that are complained about are plainly there!! In the same directory as the others! Same permissions! I did build in a seperate directory. Does that matter?