I can't configure XEmacs 21.0 using the latest CVS sources; here's the tail of running this configure command: /home/acs/cvsroot/XEmacs-21.0/xemacs/configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/${PWD:t} --with-gcc \ --site-includes=/usr/local/include \ --site-libraries=/usr/local/lib \ --site-runtime-libraries=/usr/local/lib \ --infopath=/usr/local/info --with-mule=no \ '--cflags=-O3 -pipe -march=pentiumpro -ffast-math' \ --with-dialogs=no: checking for Gpm_Open in -lgpm... yes Defining HAVE_GPM xemacs will be linked with "gpmevent.o" Prepending "-lgpm" to $LIBS xemacs will be linked with "event-unixoid.o" checking for database support /home/acs/cvsroot/XEmacs-21.0/xemacs/configure: syntax error near unexpected token `provided.")' /home/acs/cvsroot/XEmacs-21.0/xemacs/configure: /home/acs/cvsroot/XEmacs-21.0/xemacs/configure: line 10970: ` XE_DIE("Required DBM support cannot be provided.")' Here is the rather unhelpful tail of config.log: configure:10872: checking for Gpm_Open in -lgpm configure:10888: gcc -o conftest -O3 -pipe -march=pentiumpro -ffast-math -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker /usr/local/lib conftest.c -lgpm -lcompface -ltiff -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lXpm -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lncurses -lm -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/crtn.o 1>&5 configure:10937: checking for database support Martin, it appears you recently made some changes to configure; I think they broke my setup. I've appended a copy of Installation.el generated from xemacs-21.0. As you can see, I have both Berkeley DB and GNU DBM support on my system. uname -a: Linux mithril 2.1.131 #1 SMP Wed Dec 9 20:29:45 EST 1998 i686 unknown ../configure '--with-gcc' '--prefix=/usr/local/xemacs-21.0.60' '--site-includes=/usr/local/include' '--site-libraries=/usr/local/lib' '--site-runtime-libraries=/usr/local/lib' '--with-gnu-make' '--infopath=/usr/local/info' '--with-mule=no' '--cflags=-O3 -pipe -march=pentiumpro -ffast-math' '--with-dialogs=no' '--error-checking=none' XEmacs 21.0-b60 "Poitou60" configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Where should the build process find the source code? /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.0.60 What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local/xemacs-21.0.60 What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -O3 -pipe -march=pentiumpro -ffast-math Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib Additional header files: /usr/local/include Additional libraries: /usr/local/lib Runtime library search path: /usr/local/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. 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 X-Face message headers. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Compiling in DLL support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Compiling in extra code for debugging. Compiling in code for checking XEmacs memory usage. Thanks, vin