comparison etc/PROBLEMS @ 109628:8e2c7c31861b

Rename src/unexec.c => src/unexcoff.c. src/unexcoff.c: Renamed from unexec.c. src/deps.mk (unexcoff.o): Rename unexec.[co] => unexcoff.[co]. configure.in (UNEXEC_OBJ): Rename unexec.o => unexcoff.o. admin/MAINTAINERS: Rename src/unexec.c => src/unexcoff.c. etc/AUTHORS: Rename unexec.o => unexcoff.o. etc/PROBLEMS: Rename unexec.o => unex*.o. lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el (find-gc-source-files): Rename unexec.c => unexcoff.c. lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el (authors-fixed-entries): Rename unexec.c => unexcoff.c. msdos/sed1v2.inp (UNEXEC_OBJ): Edit to unexcoff.o, due to renaming of unexec.c => unexcoff.c.

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*** The dumped Emacs crashes when run, trying to write pure data.

Two causes have been seen for such problems.

1) On a system where getpagesize is not a system call, it is defined
as a macro.  If the definition (in both unexec.c and malloc.c) is wrong,
it can cause problems like this.  You might be able to find the correct
value in the man page for a.out (5).

2) Some systems allocate variables declared static among the
initialized variables.  Emacs makes all initialized variables in most

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*** The dumped Emacs crashes when run, trying to write pure data.

Two causes have been seen for such problems.

1) On a system where getpagesize is not a system call, it is defined
as a macro.  If the definition (in both unex*.c and malloc.c) is wrong,
it can cause problems like this.  You might be able to find the correct
value in the man page for a.out (5).

2) Some systems allocate variables declared static among the
initialized variables.  Emacs makes all initialized variables in most