All source other than select-x.c builds. That one fails with the following error involving a complex macro: gcc -c -w -g -Os -Demacs -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/opt/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include select-x.c select-x.c: In function `x_reply_selection_request': select-x.c:532: error: invalid type argument of `->' make: *** [select-x.o] Error 1 The line causing the error: Widget widget = FRAME_X_TEXT_WIDGET (DEVICE_SELECTED_FRAME(d)); which cpp expands to Widget widget = (((struct x##_frame *) (((d)->selected_frame))->frame_data)->edit_widget); This line is new to the file. cvs diff -D 2005-02-26 -U 0 src/select-x.c Index: src/select-x.c =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/src/select-x.c,v retrieving revision 1.17 diff -U0 -r1.17 select-x.c --- src/select-x.c 2005/01/24 23:34:09 1.17 +++ src/select-x.c 2005/02/28 23:29:17 [...] ＠＠ -523,0 +532 ＠＠ + Widget widget = FRAME_X_TEXT_WIDGET (DEVICE_SELECTED_FRAME(d)); ＠＠ -526 +535,2 ＠＠ - invalid_operation ("attempt to transfer an INCR to ourself!", Qunbound); + invalid_operation ("attempt to transfer an INCR to ourself!", + Qunbound); Here is the working configuration: uname -a: Darwin grendal.frinabulax.org 7.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.8.0: Wed Dec 22 14:26:17 PST 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.11.1.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc ./configure '--with-mule' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--error-checking=none' '--site-libraries=/opt/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/lib' '--debug=no' '--site-runtime-libraries=/opt/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/lib' '--package-path=/Users/royar/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages:/Users/royar/usr/local/lib/xemacs/mule-packages' '--cflags-warning=-w' '--prefix=/Users/royar/usr/local' '--with-prefix' '--with-png' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--cflags= -Os' '--pdump' '--with-xmu' '--with-xim=no' '--with-sound=esd' '--with-xfs=no' '--use-number-lib=gmp' '--use-union-type' '--dynamic=yes' XEmacs 21.5-b19 "chives" (+CVS-20050226) configured for `powerpc-apple-darwin7.8.0'. Removing '--use-union-type' does not change the outcome. -- Dr. Robert Delius Royar Associate Professor of English Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky