Re: XEmacs is not 64-bit clean (was Re: Build failure, xemacs-21.1.2 on rh6-based linux-alpha-unknown)
SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Greg Badros <gjb(a)cs.washington.edu> writes in
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
>> > I looked at src/xemacs-- it's u+x bit is not set, and it is a large
>> > file that is just a big hole on disk (reads as all NULLs).
Urgh. There are known problems with XEmacs on DEC Alpha using OSF.
If you have a temacs, cd to the src directory and run `make
run-temacs'. Does that work?
Yes, it does.
> Ok, thanks for your help. Xemacs did build w/o many problems on Intel,
> so it's definitely an issue only on my Alpha box.
XEmacs is *not* 64 bit clean. On DEC OSF, temacs and dumped xemacs are
semi-functional, but some internals are broken, definitely including
the character sets/character category tables.
Do you have any interest in trying to make XEmacs 64bit clean? I will
gladly give you an account on my Alpha box here at the UW if you're
interested in getting XEmacs to work better with GNU/Linux-Alpha.
Thanks,
Greg