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* PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Added it again.
| author | Jan Dj?rv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> |
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| date | Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:47:06 +0000 |
| parents | 53559de8d502 |
| children | 4b9c4819acb4 |
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--- 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
