# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1001532981 0 # Node ID 6912cef772693a5ee246f9742b993aa3b5fd8547 # Parent b1091e5046d084463fe08a5fedcb8cafcc9f9088 Mention core dumps inside XIM on Solaris 8. diff -r b1091e5046d0 -r 6912cef77269 etc/PROBLEMS --- a/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Sep 26 19:21:00 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Wed Sep 26 19:36:21 2001 +0000 @@ -3,17 +3,22 @@ * Emacs dumps core on Solaris in function IMCheckWindow. +This was reported to happen when Emacs runs with more than one frame, +and one of them is closed, either with "C-x 5 0" or from the window +manager. + This bug was reported to Sun as Gtk apps dump core in ximlocal.so.2:IMCheckIMWindow() Bug Reports: 4463537 -The bug is said to be "Integrated in Releases: s81_40" but there is no -Patch ID listed. - -As far as Emacs is concerned, you can configure it with -`--with-xim=no' to prevent the core dump, but will loose X input -method support, of course. +Installing Solaris 8 patch 108773-12 for Sparc and 108874-12 for x86 +reportedly fixes the bug, which appears to be inside the shared +library xiiimp.so. + +Alternatively, you can configure Emacs with `--with-xim=no' to prevent +the core dump, but will loose X input method support, of course. (You +can use Emacs's own input methods instead, if you install Leim.) * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory.