On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 09:45 +0300, Mihamina RKTMB wrote: > On 11/19/2013 03:45 AM, Carson Chittom wrote: > > After a brief effort, I didn't get it to work. > > > > [...] > > So I again attempted to compile the emacs-24.2 SRPM, but apparently the > > version of autoconf (2.63) in CentOS was too low (the emacs SRPM > > expected 2.69), which caused the build to fail. > > My personal opinion is you should change you distribution if you want > "bleeding edge" sofwtares. > CentOS seems not fit this game. > Emacs 24 is not "bleeding edge." It is a released product. Version 24.1 was released June 10, 2012. Incidentally, it's not exactly friendly to new users who ask "How do I do x?" to reply "Go away; you're not wanted." Trust me to know my own needs better than you do.