From command line :
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hookah : npakoulin >$ xemacs-21.2-b27 -vanilla -eval
XEmacs: Option `-eval' requires an argument
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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uname -a: Linux hookah 2.2.12-20 #1 Mon Sep 27 10:40:35 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
./configure '--with-pop' '--error-checking=none'
XEmacs 21.2-b27 "Hera" configured for `i686-pc-linux'.
Where should the build process find the source code? /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2.27
What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local
What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
`s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h'
What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch
Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
(Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.)
Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
What window system should XEmacs use? x11
Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include
Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib
Athena library to link: Xaw
Athena header include path: X11/Xaw
Compiling in support for XAUTH.
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
Compiling in native sound support.
Compiling in support for Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD).
Compiling in support for Berkeley DB.
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse).
Compiling in support for proper WM_COMMAND handling.
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena native widgets.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Compiling in dynamic shared object module support.
movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files.
Using POP for mail access.
Compiling in extra code for debugging.
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hookah : npakoulin >$ gdb /usr/local/bin/xemacs-21.2-b27 core
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...
Core was generated by `xemacs-21.2-b27 -vanilla -eval'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpng.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdb.so.3...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libncurses.so.4...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
#0 0x40319dcc in chunk_free (ar_ptr=0x656b616d, p=0x83d3000) at malloc.c:2987
2987 malloc.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) where
#0 0x40319dcc in chunk_free (ar_ptr=0x656b616d, p=0x83d3000) at malloc.c:2987
#1 0x40319d75 in __libc_free (mem=0x83d3008) at malloc.c:2959
#2 0x402e19fe in exit (status=1) at exit.c:65
#3 0x807665d in fatal (fmt=0x8162500 "Option `%s' requires an argument\n")
at emacs.c:295
#4 0x80774ae in sort_args (argc=3, argv=0xbffffb24) at emacs.c:2037
#5 0x807687f in xemacs_21_2_b27_i686_pc_linux (argc=3, argv=0xbffffb24, envp=0xbffffb34,
restart=0) at emacs.c:591
#6 0x8078c0f in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffffb24, envp=0xbffffb34) at emacs.c:2331
#7 0x402d91eb in __libc_start_main (main=0x8078b10 <main>, argc=3,
argv=0xbffffb24,
init=0x804dbf8 <_init>, fini=0x815cb00 <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000a610
<_dl_fini>,
stack_end=0xbffffb1c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:90
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Nick.