Re: Segfaults in recent XEmacsen trying to open first frame, solved
>>>> "ST" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
ST> Ah, YALD with the problem ... let's see ... looks familiar
ST> ... yup, XEmacs maintainer senility. We been there, done that,
ST> but I forgot.
ST>
ST> See
ST> http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200110/msg00294.html
ST> for details.
ST>
ST> "./configure --ldflags='-s -znocombreloc" ..." should fix.
(Ie,
ST> it does for me.)
ST>
ST> Alternatively, './configure --pdump ...' should fix. (Ie, it
ST> does for me.)
ST>
ST> There should be a fix (to configure) in 21.4.6, which likely
ST> will use the conservative `nocombreloc' approach. I propose to
ST> default pdump on in 21.5 and we'll see how it goes.
ST>
Stephen,
Both of the above configure lines work fine on my Debian "sid"/unstable
system. Thanks for the heads-up.
BTW, I am still not clear what the source of this problem was. Was this a
bug in XEmacs or in other libraries ?
Thanks.
--
Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com