The build was from tarballs in a fresh directory. The edited make output follows: -------------------------------- EMACSBOOTSTRAPLOADPATH="/develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/:/develop/xemacs-21.0-b52" ./temacs -batch -l /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/update-elc.el Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/update-elc.el... Loading very-early-lisp... (2152) Loading find-paths.el... (13900) Loading packages.el... (23256) Loading setup-paths.el... (5444) Loading dump-paths.el... (0) Wrong type argument : stringp , nil [make-docfile succeeds] EMACSBOOTSTRAPLOADPATH="/develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/:/develop/xemacs-21.0-b52" ./temacs -batch -l /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/loadup.el dump Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/loadup.el... Using load-path (/develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/ /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52) Loading very-early-lisp... (2152) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/src/../lisp/dumped-lisp.el... (160) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/backquote.elc... (2924) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/bytecomp-runtime.elc... (4664) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/Installation.el... (36) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/find-paths.elc... (5592) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/packages.elc... (9972) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/setup-paths.elc... (2924) Loading /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52/lisp/dump-paths.elc... (0) Load file subr: not found Fatal error during load, aborting make[1]: [xemacs] Error 1 (ignored) make[1]: *** [xemacs] Error 1 make: *** [src] Error 2 Installation file: ------------------ uname -a: CYGWIN32_95 DBUSH 4.0 19.3 i586 unknown ./configure '--site-prefixes=/usr/local' XEmacs 21.0 "Danish Landrace" configured for `i586-pc-cygwin32'. Where should the build process find the source code? /develop/xemacs-21.0-b52 What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/cygwin32.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? default What window system should XEmacs use? msw Additional prefixes: /usr/local Compiling in support for XPM images. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: Compiling without PNG image support. WARNING: You should strongly consider installing the PNG libraries. WARNING: Otherwise certain images and glyphs may not display. WARNING: (a copy may be found at ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in File coding support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Using indexed lrecord implementation.