Hello I took it precisely from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.3a.tar.gz and I repeated the experience several times, using each time a fresh source directory. Best regards Alisa Bezkresta 23 августа 2011, 15:15 от suvayu ali : Hi Alisa, 2011/8/23 Алиса Безкреста : > I ran apt-get build-dep emacs23 and it finished without errors. > I believe I have now all the necessary libraries. > > Then I ran again ./configure, which I had to stop manually after some hours, > since it was checkig the same things over and over again. > I'm not sure what is wrong with your source tree. If you don't mind my asking, are you sure about the integrity of your source tree? How did you get it? tarball, bzr checkout, git mirror or somewhere else? If it is possible, I would urge you to try in a fresh directory with either the release source tarballs or the bzr head for emacs 23 (or 24 if you wish). tarball: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-23.3a.tar.gz or, $ bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/emacs-23 -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.