>>>> "Mats" == Mats Lidell
<matsl(a)contactor.se> writes: 
    Mats> Could someone please have an idea why the normal dump phase
    Mats> crashes due to a SEGV but the -pdump works and seems to
    Mats> produce something that works.
This is why pdump is so desirable.
    Mats> Environmental problem with my upgraded system or what?
unexec has to have incestuous knowledge of what ld does.  If ld
changes (eg, the -z combreloc, AKA Hannibal Lecter, feature), unexec
loses hard.
pdump, OTOH, basically amounts to implementing a special-purpose ld
(ie, it only knows how to link Lisp data together), bypassing the
details of the system ld altogether.
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