*** Emacs fails to understand most Internet host names, even though
the names work properly with other programs on the same system.
*** Emacs won't work with X-windows if the value of DISPLAY is HOSTNAME:0.
-*** GNUs can't make contact with the specified host for nntp.
+*** Gnus can't make contact with the specified host for nntp.
This typically happens on Suns and other systems that use shared
libraries. The cause is that the site has installed a version of the
*** 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.
-The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4. Read the
-next item.
+1 and newer), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
+creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. Emacs tries
+to handle this at build time, but if the workaround used fails, these
+instructions can be useful.
+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
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
+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]
+ setarch i386 -R ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
or
- setarch -R i386 make bootstrap
+ setarch i386 -R make bootstrap
*** Fatal signal in the command temacs -l loadup inc dump.
of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.
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