Hi all, Using Linux Slack 8.0, kernel 2.4.17, gcc 2.95.3, while doing ./configure in xemacs 21.5.8 I get: ... checking if the linker is GNU ld... yes Defining HAVE_SHLIB Appending "src" to $INSTALL_ARCH_DEP_SUBDIR checking for dlerror... no checking for _dlerror... no *** PANIC *** The C compiler can no longer build working executables. *** PANIC *** Please examine the tail of config.log for runtime errors. *** PANIC *** The most likely reason for this problem is that configure *** PANIC *** links with shared libraries, but those libraries cannot be *** PANIC *** found at run time. *** PANIC *** *** PANIC *** On a Linux system, edit /etc/ld.so.conf and re-run ldconfig. *** PANIC *** On other systems, try telling configure where to find the *** PANIC *** shared libraries using the --site-runtime-libraries option *** PANIC *** *** PANIC *** Another way to shoot yourself in the foot is to specify *** PANIC *** --with-FEATURE when FEATURE is not actually installed *** PANIC *** on your system. Don't do that. Last lines of config.log: #endif ; return 0; } configure:14999: gcc -o conftest -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wshadow -I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11/lib conftest.c -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lSM -lICE -ltermcap -lcurses -lm -limm32 -lshell32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32 -lole32 -luuid -lwinspool -lmpr -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/crtn.o 1>&5 /usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lwinspool collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 14995 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" int main(int c,char *v[]){return 0;} Any ideas? Best regards, -- Paulo J. Matos : pocm(_at_)mega.ist.utl.pt Instituto Superior Tecnico - Lisbon Software & Computer Engineering - A.I. - > http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~pocm --- Yes, God had a deadline... So, He wrote it all in Lisp!