Michael Kifer <kifer(a)cs.sunysb.edu> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
If I use configure --with-mule but the mule-base package isn't
installed,
I get
Error: dumped file mule-charset.elc does not exist
Error: dumped file mule-coding.elc does not exist
Error: dumped file mule-files.elc does not exist
Error: dumped file mule-help.elc does not exist
at the time xemacs gets dumped.
I think configure.in should check in lisp/mule-base exists, if
--with-mule is specified on command line. This way the user will be
notified right away of the problem.
Noted. I don't think it should be made an error requiring a rerun of
configure though, because an appropriate symbolic link can be made
after getting the errors you note above and the build can procede
without further recompilation.