The same error occurs in version 23.3: > Saving file ..../emacs-23.3/lisp/loaddefs.el... > Failure in loading charset map: JISX0208 > make[2]: *** [autoloads] Error 255 > make[1]: *** [..../emacs-23.3/src/../lisp/loaddefs.el] Error 2 > make: *** [src] Error 2 Attached are the outputs of configure and make.