XEmacs 21.2-b11 "Calliope" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.5'. (By the way, I was able to build 21.2b8 successfully, but didn't try b9 or b10.) Toward the end of the make process, I get this error: ld: fatal: option -B has illegal argument `export' ld: fatal: Flags processing errors make[1]: *** [temacs] Error 1 Here is the command that results in this error (with line breaks added, for your reading pleasure): gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -fno-gnu-linker \ -L/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -Xlinker \ -R/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/local/src/gnu96/lib \ -L/usr/dt/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -Wl,-Bexport -o temacs \ abbrev.o alloc.o blocktype.o buffer.o bytecode.o callint.o \ callproc.o casefiddle.o casetab.o chartab.o cmdloop.o cmds.o \ console.o console-stream.o data.o device.o dired.o doc.o \ doprnt.o dynarr.o editfns.o elhash.o emacs.o eval.o events.o \ debug.o unexsol2.o tooltalk.o dgif_lib.o gif_io.o menubar.o \ scrollbar.o dialog.o toolbar.o menubar-x.o scrollbar-x.o \ dialog-x.o toolbar-x.o gui-x.o inline.o console-tty.o \ device-tty.o event-tty.o frame-tty.o objects-tty.o redisplay-tty.o \ cm.o terminfo.o event-unixoid.o database.o sysdll.o emodules.o \ process-unix.o event-stream.o extents.o faces.o fileio.o filemode.o \ floatfns.o fns.o font-lock.o frame.o general.o getloadavg.o glyphs.o \ glyphs-eimage.o glyphs-widget.o gui.o hash.o imgproc.o indent.o \ insdel.o intl.o keymap.o line-number.o lread.o lstream.o macros.o \ marker.o md5.o minibuf.o objects.o opaque.o print.o process.o \ profile.o rangetab.o redisplay.o redisplay-output.o regex.o search.o \ signal.o sound.o specifier.o strftime.o symbols.o syntax.o sysdep.o \ undo.o balloon_help.o balloon-x.o console-x.o device-x.o event-Xt.o \ frame-x.o glyphs-x.o objects-x.o redisplay-x.o xgccache.o xselect.o \ widget.o window.o lastfile.o gmalloc.o free-hook.o vm-limit.o \ ralloc.o EmacsFrame.o EmacsShell.o TopLevelEmacsShell.o \ TransientEmacsShell.o EmacsManager.o \ ../lwlib/liblw.a -lXm -ltiff -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lcompface -lXpm -ltt \ -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lSM -lICE -ldl -lcurses -lkvm -lkstat -lm \ -lsocket -lnsl -lelf -lgen -ldl ld: fatal: option -B has illegal argument `export' ld: fatal: Flags processing errors make[1]: *** [temacs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/silly/transfers/xemacs-21.2.11/src' make: *** [src] Error 2 Here are the contents of the 'Installation' file: ./configure '--prefix=/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier' '--site-includes=/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/include' '--site-libraries=/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/lib' '--x-includes=/usr/openwin/include' '--with-cde=no' '--package-path=/afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages' XEmacs 21.2-b11 "Calliope" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.5'. Where should the build process find the source code? /afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/silly/transfers/xemacs-21.2.11 What installation prefix should install use? /afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/sol2.h' and `m/sparc.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes 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/dt/include /usr/openwin/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib Additional header files: /afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/include Additional libraries: /afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/lib Runtime library search path: /afs/nd.edu/user4/jpalmier/lib/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/local/src/gnu96/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 support for DBM. Compiling in support for ToolTalk. Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif dialog boxes. Compiling in DLL support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Compiling in extra code for debugging. Compiling in code for checking XEmacs memory usage. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking. WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- -- John H. Palmieri e-mail: palmieri.2(a)nd.edu 205 Computing/Math Bldg. URL:http://www.nd.edu/~jpalmier/ University of Notre Dame (219) 631-8846 Notre Dame, IN 46556