It is not possible to build either 21.1 or 21.2 on my linux 686 system
with the latest egcs/gcc snapshot. I get a core dump running temacs.
I tracked this down to the following line in r_alloc_sbrk in
src/ralloc.c (line 804 in the current 21.1 sources):
return (*real_morecore) (size);
with size = 0.
I recompiled ralloc.c with -fno-strict-aliasing, and voila! I can
build and run an XEmacs. Perhaps someone who understands the aliasing
issues better than I do can track this down, he or she cares to.
- vin
PS. This problem did not appear with gcc-2.95.1 - it's something that
has only cropped up with the latest compiler snapshots.