[VM] Problem running vm-8.09 / XEmacs 21.1.3 Solaris SPARC

[JACKSON]

Hi you brainy lot, :) I'd appreciate your solutions.  Thanks & regards.

Goal:     Sort unix mbox into chronological order, removing duplicates
Platform: Sun/Oracle SPARC Solaris 10 or 11
Done:  1. Installed latest binary xemacs-21.1.3-sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz
       2. Installed xemacs-all-packages.tar.gz containing vm-8.09
       3. Launched XEmacs > Apps > Read Mail (VM).  Result:-

--**-XEmacs: *Warnings-Show*
Loading vm...done
Loading vm...
Loading cus-face...done
Loading cus-face...
Wrong number of arguments: #<compiled-function (face spec &optional frame)
"...(53)" [spec atts display face-spec-set-match-display frame face
custom-face-display apply face-custom-attributes-set put nil] 5 646941>, 4
--**-XEmacs: *scratch*
(1) (warning/warning) Autoload error in:
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/guided-tour/autoloads:
Symbol's function definition is void: add-one-shot-hook

       4. Options > Edit Faces (nothing flagged there needing attention)
       5. Try installing vm-8.1.1 instead.  Result:-
# pwd
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages

# ls
etc       info      lib-src   lisp      man       pkginfo   vm-8.1.1

# cd vm-8.1.1

# ./configure --with-emacs=xemacs \
--with-lispdir=/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp \
--infodir=/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/info
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for rm... /usr/bin/rm
checking for ls... /usr/bin/ls
checking for mkdir... /usr/bin/mkdir
checking for grep... /usr/bin/grep
checking for xargs... xargs
checking for gtar... gtar
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for texi2dvi... texi2dvi
checking checking emacs-type of xemacs... xemacs
checking checking emacs-version of xemacs... 21
checking where .elc files should go... 
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp
checking where pixmaps should go... ${datarootdir}/vm
checking which options to pass on to (X)Emacs... -batch -no-autoloads -l 
$(srcdir)/vm-build.el
checking where the TeXinfo docs should go... 
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/info
checking otherdirs... nil
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating lisp/Makefile
config.status: creating info/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating pixmaps/Makefile
config.status: creating vm-load.el

# which make
/usr/ccs/bin/make

# make
make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 20: Extra `:', `::', or `:=' on 
dependency line

# head -21 Makefile | tail -2
Makefile vm-load.el: %: config.status ./%.in
        ./config.status $@
#
So the issue with running vm 8.0.9 that XEmacs 21.1.3 autoloads actually appears
to be an issue with custom face compiled into XEmacs but am way out of my depth.