Mercurial > emacs
changeset 63811:83d11267d399
(Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping): New.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:52:26 +0000 |
| parents | f2cc7f306afb |
| children | f4952f257c55 |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Tue Jun 28 18:51:02 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Tue Jun 28 18:52:26 2005 +0000 @@ -2377,7 +2377,9 @@ 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. +creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. +The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4. 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 +2406,20 @@ 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 is failed even if +you turn off the exec-shield. In such case use -R option of 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.