Segfaults in recent XEmacsen trying to open first frame, solved

Actually about two weeks ago, information from Mike Fabian＠SuSE (and Jens Petersen＠Red Hat also seems aware of it), but it took _me_ a while to catch on. Richard> Below is the installation file. The distribution is Richard> Mandrake Cooker (8.2+) Ah, YALD with the problem ... let's see ... looks familiar ... yup, XEmacs maintainer senility. We been there, done that, but I forgot. See http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200110/msg00294.html for details. "./configure --ldflags='-s -znocombreloc" ..." should fix. (Ie, it does for me.) Alternatively, './configure --pdump ...' should fix. (Ie, it does for me.) There should be a fix (to configure) in 21.4.6, which likely will use the conservative `nocombreloc' approach. I propose to default pdump on in 21.5 and we'll see how it goes. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.