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* PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping): Added it again.
author Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
date Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:47:06 +0000
parents bbc8b6b4962d
children 4b9c4819acb4
files etc/ChangeLog etc/PROBLEMS
diffstat 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/ChangeLog	Sun Jul 03 20:22:56 2005 +0000
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog	Sun Jul 03 21:47:06 2005 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-03  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
+
+	* PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping): 
+	Added it again.
+
 2005-06-29  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* NEWS: Added an entry for Org-mode, and a change entry for
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Sun Jul 03 20:22:56 2005 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Sun Jul 03 21:47:06 2005 +0000
@@ -2376,8 +2376,10 @@
 *** 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
+1 and newer), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
 creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. 
+The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4 (and possible
+newer). Read the next item.
 
 Configure can overcome the problem of exec-shield if the architecture is
 x86 and the program setarch is present.  On other architectures no
@@ -2404,6 +2406,22 @@
 
     setarch i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
 
+ 
+*** Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping.
+
+In addition to exec-shield explained above "Linux: Segfault during
+`make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel"
+item, Linux kernel shipped with Fedora Core 4 randomizes the virtual
+address space of a process. As the result dumping may fail even if
+you turn off exec-shield. In this case, use the -R option to the setarch
+command:
+
+   setarch -R i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
+
+or
+
+   setarch -R i386 make 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