RE: 21.1.11: XEmacs cannot start ...
I looked through the make file and didn't see any additional
options. I
know the 21.2 tree has the portable dumper code in it, could that be what
you were thinking of?
Yep. That's it exactly. I think the portable dumper's
supposed to fix this problem - but I've never actually
tried using it (or needed to use it) so I don't know for
certain.
[from the other e-mail]
I guess the bottom line for everyone waiting for a 21.1.11 binary
build to
fix their "It wont start" problem is you aren't really any closer
to having
a working installation, but now it will tell you you're hosed instead of
silently dying. :(
Yep. But silently dying is much much worse, because it
leaves people with the impression that the program doesn't
work at all, whereas in reality, it just doesn't work when
built on someone else's machine.
Yes, it is NT 4 SP 5. I saw an experimental patch of yours to try and
tell
what the offending dll is, I'll try to compile it in this evening and test
it tomorrow on the broken machine.
Don't hold your breath. It looked to me like your memory
region wasn't part of a module (i.e. DLL or EXE) - but it
could still work I suppose. I'm not entirely certain that
what I did in that patch is safe, which is why it's
"experimental"; I think it probably is, but it's certainly
undocumented...
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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Alastair Houghton ajhoughton(a)lineone.net