Hi all, i've been way out of the loop for a month or two (apologies !), but i've come back and gave b41 a whirl, to find the following : [ ... ] range table storage: 64 lcrecord lists used: 13 lcrecord list storage: 624 font instances used: 1 font instance storage: 64 color instances used: 1 color instance storage: 48 weak lists used: 385 weak list storage: 18480 specifiers used: 385 specifier storage: 47537 glyphs used: 18 glyph storage: 1440 opaques used: 6 opaque storage: 796 opaque lists used: 2 opaque list storage: 96 vectors used: 810 vector storage: 579248 hashtables used: 389 hashtable storage: 31120 /bin/sh: 26567 Memory fault - core dumped I remember mention of default stacksize (limit stacksize in zsh) being too small on DU, so I upped it from 2MB to 8MB, did an rm src/xemacs ; make but still see the same problem... a "where" on the core dump from temacs sez : (gdb) where #0 0x3ff800d23ec in memcpy () #1 0x1200bb61c in unexec ( new_name=0x11fffd7d0 "/net/local/src/build/ajc/xemacs-20/src/xemacs", a_name=0x454000 <Address 0x454000 out of bounds>, data_start=5370646496, entry_address=5005312) at unexalpha.c:305 #2 0x1200a46ac in Fdump_emacs (intoname=5372153456, symname=5372153504) at emacs.c:2489 #3 0x1200ac62c in Feval (form=5373404400) at eval.c:3201 #4 0x1200a70e0 in Fprogn (args=5373255576) at eval.c:829 #5 0x1200ac340 in Feval (form=5373255600) at eval.c:3093 #6 0x1200a6e90 in Fif (args=5373251584) at eval.c:812 #7 0x1200ac340 in Feval (form=5373251608) at eval.c:3093 #8 0x1200ac7e8 in Feval (form=5373289824) at eval.c:3189 #9 0x120166db0 in readevalloop (readcharfun=5371665408, sourcename=5371659264, evalfun=0x1200abc68 <Feval>) at lread.c:1565 #10 0x120165714 in Fload_internal (file=5371659264, no_error=100, nomessage=5370842552, nosuffix=5370831392, codesys=6, used_codesys=5371088904) at lread.c:977 #11 0x1200ac6b4 in Feval (form=5371657528) at eval.c:3217 #12 0x1200a8ce0 in condition_case_1 (handlers=128, bfun=0x1200abc68 <Feval>, barg=5371657528, hfun=0x11fffe660, harg=5371088904) at eval.c:1809 #13 0x12007dd88 in top_level_1 () at cmdloop.c:305 #14 0x1200a87a8 in internal_catch (tag=4603904, func=0x12007dd40 <top_level_1>, arg=5371088904, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1639 #15 0x12007df20 in initial_command_loop (load_me=4831819680) at cmdloop.c:338 #16 0x1200a346c in xemacs_21_0_b41_alpha_dec_osf4_0 (argv=0x11fffee10) at emacs.c:1817 #17 0x1200a3f0c in main (argc=4603904, argv=0x11fffb7a0, envp=0x0) at emacs.c:2180 Any ideas ? (is there any more useful info I can provide ?) Installation file : uname -a: OSF1 goaway.cc.monash.edu.au V4.0 564 alpha alpha ./configure '--with-gcc=no' '--cflags=-O -g3' '--error-checking=all' '--debug=yes' '--gung-ho' '--with-mule' '--with-xfs' '--with-ldap' '--site-includes=/usr/local/include /net/users/ajc/test/giflib/include /net/users/ajc/test/nas/usr/include /net/local/include' '--site-libraries=/usr/local/lib /net/users/ajc/test/giflib/lib /net/users/ajc/test/nas/usr/lib /net/local/lib' '--with-xim=no' '--with-cde=no' '--with-tooltalk=no' '--x-includes=/usr/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/lib' '--with-session=yes' '--with-sound=nas' '--package-path=~/.xemacs::/net/users/ajc/lib/elisp/packages:/usr/local/lib/xemacs/packages' XEmacs 21.0-b41 "San Clemente" configured for `alpha-dec-osf4.0'. Where should the build process find the source code? /net/users/ajc/build/xemacs-20 What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/decosf4-0.h' and `m/alpha.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? cc -O -g3 Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? no (The GNU allocators don't work with this system configuration). 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/dt/include /usr/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/dt/lib /usr/lib Additional header files: /usr/local/include /net/users/ajc/test/giflib/include /net/users/ajc/test/nas/usr/include /net/local/include Additional libraries: /usr/local/lib /net/users/ajc/test/giflib/lib /net/users/ajc/test/nas/usr/lib /net/local/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in support for GIF image conversion. Compiling in support for JPEG image conversion. Compiling in support for PNG image conversion. Compiling in network sound (NAS) support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for LDAP (UMich libs). Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in Mule (multi-lingual) support. Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Compiling in support for OffiX. Compiling in support for Drag'n'Drop ( OffiX ). Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif dialog boxes. Compiling in DLL support. movemail will use "flock" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Using indexed lrecord implementation. Compiling in extra code for debugging. Compiling in code for checking XEmacs memory usage. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking. WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------