Hi. I've been attempting to compile XEmacs under Solaris 2.5. Here are the commands I used to compile it: $ tar -zxf xemacs-21.0.tar.gz && tar -zxf xemacs-21.0-elc.tar.gz && tar -zxf xemacs-21.0-info.tar.gz $ cd xemacs-21.0 $ ./configure --prefix="/imsa" --external-widget --without-gpm --with-workshop --with-site-lisp --debug $ make Make dies with some errors after xemacs is compiled and it tries to run xemacs. Here is the lisp backtrace: # (catch #<INTERNAL EMACS BUG (opaque, size=4) 0x256ba0> ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) kill-emacs(1) # bind (error debug-issue-ebola-notices) batch-byte-compile() # bind (arg) command-line-do-funcall("-f") # bind (dir file-count line end-of-options first-file-buffer file-p arg tem) command-line-1() # bind (command-line-args-left) command-line() # (unwind-protect ...) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) xargs: /home/tessone/tmp/xemacs-21.0/src/xemacs: terminated by signal 6 make: *** [all-elc] Error 125 And here is the output from GDB: #0 0xef2b4610 in _kill () #1 0x46f3c in fatal_error_signal (sig=6) at emacs.c:262 #2 <signal handler called> #3 0xef2b4610 in _kill () #4 0xef27963c in abort () #5 0x46e94 in assert_failed (file=0x14ae00 "elhash.c", line=436, expr=0x14aed8 "gc_in_progress") at emacs.c:2608 #6 0x4230c in Fgethash (key=17, hashtable=2665024, default_=539099852) at elhash.c:436 #7 0xa8010 in image_instantiate (specifier=2285568, matchspec=539099852, domain=539561984, instantiator=-2144882800, depth=17) at glyphs.c:2103 #8 0x4aa34 in primitive_funcall (fn=0xa7d48 <image_instantiate>, nargs=5, args=0xefffd2f8) at eval.c:2862 #9 0x507b8 in call_with_suspended_errors_1 (opaque_arg=2452256) at eval.c:2060 #10 0x49308 in call_with_suspended_errors (fun=0xa7d48 <image_instantiate>, retval=539099852, class=-1608042740, errb=ERROR_ME_NOT, nargs=5) at eval.c:1328 #11 0xf770c in specifier_instance_from_inst_list (specifier=539514112, matchspec=539099852, domain=539561984, inst_list=1076382860, errb=ERROR_ME_WARN, no_quit=1, depth=1) at specifier.c:2384 #12 0xf7c0c in specifier_instance (specifier=539514112, matchspec=539099852, domain=539561984, errb=ERROR_ME_WARN, no_quit=0, no_fallback=0, depth=1) at specifier.c:2521 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #13 0xf8078 in recompute_all_cached_specifiers_in_window (w=0x291000) at specifier.c:2741 #14 0x1269a0 in Fset_window_buffer (window=539561984, buffer=539460096) at window.c:3171 #15 0x9f7f4 in delete_frame_internal (f=0x28c400, force=-1608142844, called_from_delete_device=1, from_io_error=268435455) at frame.c:1506 #16 0x374c0 in delete_device_internal (d=0x28bd00, force=2641700, called_from_delete_console=268435455, from_io_error=0) at device.c:781 #17 0x2f3b0 in delete_console_internal (con=0x285180, force=1076383460, called_from_kill_emacs=268435455, from_io_error=0) at console.c:674 #18 0x460f4 in Fkill_emacs (arg=1) at emacs.c:2187 #19 0x4bb6c in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=-1608057820, nargs=1, args=0xefffdbb0) at eval.c:3197 #20 0x4fdc0 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xefffdbb0) at eval.c:3238 #21 0x26278 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=1614246840, vector=-2143973248, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 #22 0x4cd8c in funcall_lambda (fun=540494052, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xefffdf44) at eval.c:3597 #23 0x4bde0 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=-1607411228, nargs=0, args=0xefffdf40) at eval.c:3214 #24 0x4fdc0 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xefffdf40) at eval.c:3238 #25 0x26278 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=1612529092, vector=-2145567268, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- str=1612529092, vector=-2145567268, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #26 0x4cd8c in funcall_lambda (fun=538787304, nargs=1, arg_vector=0xefffe68c) at eval.c:3597 #27 0x4bde0 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=-1607589692, nargs=1, args=0xefffe688) at eval.c:3214 #28 0x4fdc0 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xefffe688) at eval.c:3238 #29 0x26278 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=1612535164, vector=-2145560956, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 #30 0x4cd8c in funcall_lambda (fun=538794024, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xefffeb8c) at eval.c:3597 #31 0x4bde0 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=-1607589092, nargs=0, args=0xefffeb88) at eval.c:3214 #32 0x4fdc0 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xefffeb88) at eval.c:3238 #33 0x26278 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=1612532916, vector=-2145563356, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 #34 0x4cd8c in funcall_lambda (fun=538791400, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xeffff194) at eval.c:3597 #35 0x4bde0 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=-1607589308, nargs=0, args=0xeffff190) at eval.c:3214 #36 0x4fdc0 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xeffff190) at eval.c:3238 #37 0x26278 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=1612530996, vector=-2145565208, maxdepth=2285568) at bytecode.c:416 #38 0x4cd8c in funcall_lambda (fun=538789804, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xeffff358) at eval.c:3597 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #39 0x4c790 in apply_lambda (fun=538789804, numargs=0, unevalled_args=-1608142844) at eval.c:3501 #40 0x4b48c in Feval (form=1076516972) at eval.c:3085 #41 0x488c4 in condition_case_1 (handlers=-1608142748, bfun=0x4aad0 <Feval>, barg=1076516972, hfun=0x2d8c8 <cmd_error>, harg=-1608142844) at eval.c:1653 #42 0x2d954 in top_level_1 (dummy=-1608142844) at cmdloop.c:206 #43 0x4fad0 in internal_catch (tag=-1608065172, func=0x2d91c <top_level_1>, arg=-1608142844, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1328 #44 0x2cf50 in initial_command_loop (load_me=186652) at cmdloop.c:285 #45 0x459e0 in xemacs_21_0_sparc_sun_solaris2_5 (argc=6, argv=0xeffffa24, envp=0xeffffa40, restart=0) at emacs.c:1705 #46 0x47124 in main (argc=0, argv=0xeffffa24, envp=0xeffffa40) at emacs.c:2122 (gdb) -- Chris Tessone tessone(a)fnal.gov tessone(a)imsa.edu PH/sendmail SNPC System Administration Perl/Shell All you need is Perl, love. 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