I just downloaded the latest version (version 7.8.10 - release_7.8.10-573-g7b33d9) and typed "make", only to obtain the following output:
[C:\emacs\site-lisp\org-mode]make ====================================================== = Invoke "make help" for a synopsis of make targets. = = Created a default local.mk template. = = Setting "oldorg" as the default target. = = Please adapt local.mk to your local setup! = ====================================================== make -C doc clean; make -C lisp clean; make[1]: Entering directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/doc' rm -f org *.pdf *.html *_letter.tex org-version.inc \ *.aux *.cp *.cps *.dvi *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys *.pg *.pgs \ *.toc *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs *.log *.html *.ps make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/doc' make[1]: Entering directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp' rm -f org-version.el org-install.el org-version.elc org-install.elc rm -f *.elc make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp' make -C lisp compile make[1]: Entering directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp' rm -f org-version.el org-install.el org-version.elc org-install.elc org-version: 7.8.10 (release_7.8.10-573-g7b33d9) Loading c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/org-compat.el (source)... Loading c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/UTILITIES/org-fixup.el (source)... Saving file c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/org-version.el... Loading vc-git... Wrote c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/org-version.el org-install: 7.8.10 (release_7.8.10-573-g7b33d9) Loading c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/org-compat.el (source)... Loading c:/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/UTILITIES/org-fixup.el (source)... Saving file c:/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/org-install.el... c:/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp/: no such directory Makefile:30: recipe for target `org-install.el' failed make[1]: *** [org-install.el] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/emacs/site-lisp/org-mode/lisp' targets.mk:54: recipe for target `compile' failed make: *** [compile] Error 2 [C:\emacs\site-lisp\org-mode] I'm running Emacs 24.0.96 under Windows, and from the output above it may well also be relevant that I'm using Cygwin's version of make (+ other tools).