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Mention core dumps inside XIM on Solaris 8.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:36:21 +0000
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1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered 1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. 2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
3 3
4 * Emacs dumps core on Solaris in function IMCheckWindow. 4 * Emacs dumps core on Solaris in function IMCheckWindow.
5 5
6 This was reported to happen when Emacs runs with more than one frame,
7 and one of them is closed, either with "C-x 5 0" or from the window
8 manager.
9
6 This bug was reported to Sun as 10 This bug was reported to Sun as
7 11
8 Gtk apps dump core in ximlocal.so.2:IMCheckIMWindow() 12 Gtk apps dump core in ximlocal.so.2:IMCheckIMWindow()
9 Bug Reports: 4463537 13 Bug Reports: 4463537
10 14
11 The bug is said to be "Integrated in Releases: s81_40" but there is no 15 Installing Solaris 8 patch 108773-12 for Sparc and 108874-12 for x86
12 Patch ID listed. 16 reportedly fixes the bug, which appears to be inside the shared
13 17 library xiiimp.so.
14 As far as Emacs is concerned, you can configure it with 18
15 `--with-xim=no' to prevent the core dump, but will loose X input 19 Alternatively, you can configure Emacs with `--with-xim=no' to prevent
16 method support, of course. 20 the core dump, but will loose X input method support, of course. (You
21 can use Emacs's own input methods instead, if you install Leim.)
17 22
18 * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory. 23 * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory.
19 24
20 This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one 25 This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one
21 of the GCC snapshots between Oct 2000 and Feb 2001, or from a released 26 of the GCC snapshots between Oct 2000 and Feb 2001, or from a released