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. --michael