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*** Linux: Segfault during `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.

With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core
1), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper.

You can check the Exec-shield state like this:

    cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

It returns 1 or 2 when Exec-shield is enabled, 0 otherwise.  Please
read your system documentation for more details on Exec-shield and
associated commands.

When Exec-shield is enabled, building Emacs will segfault during the
execution of this command:

temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]

To work around this problem, it is necessary to temporarily disable
Exec-shield while building Emacs, using the `setarch' command like
this:

    setarch i386 ./configure <configure parameters>
    setarch i386 make <make parameters>

*** Fatal signal in the command  temacs -l loadup inc dump.

This command is the final stage of building Emacs.  It is run by the
Makefile in the src subdirectory, or by build.com on VMS.

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*** Linux: Segfault during `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.

With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core
1 and 2), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper.

Configure can overcome the problem of exec-shield if the architecture is
x86 and the program setarch is present.  On other architectures no
workaround is known.

You can check the Exec-shield state like this:

    cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

It returns non-zero when Exec-shield is enabled, 0 otherwise.  Please
read your system documentation for more details on Exec-shield and
associated commands.  Exec-shield can be turned off with this command:

    echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

When Exec-shield is enabled, building Emacs will segfault during the
execution of this command:

    ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]

To work around this problem, it is necessary to temporarily disable
Exec-shield while building Emacs, or, on x86, by using the `setarch'
command when running temacs like this:

    setarch i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]


*** Fatal signal in the command  temacs -l loadup inc dump.

This command is the final stage of building Emacs.  It is run by the
Makefile in the src subdirectory, or by build.com on VMS.