* src/s/cygwin.h (G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC): New variable.
* src/emacs.c (main): Set the G_SLICE environment variable for Cygwin
GTK builds.
+2009-12-09 Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> (tiny change)
+
+ * configure.in: Allow compiling Emacs with GTK on Cygwin.
+
2009-12-01 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* make-dist: Add etc/images/mpc directory.
echo
-if test "$USE_X_TOOLKIT" = GTK; then
- case "$canonical" in
- *cygwin*)
- echo "There are known problems with Emacs and Gtk+ on cygwin, so you
- will probably get a crash on startup. If this happens, please use another
- toolkit for Emacs. See etc/PROBLEMS for more information."
- ;;
- esac
-fi
-
if test "$HAVE_NS" = "yes"; then
echo
echo "You must run \"make install\" in order to test the built application.
+2009-12-09 Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> (tiny change)
+
+ * s/cygwin.h (G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC): New variable.
+
+ * emacs.c (main): Set the G_SLICE environment variable for Cygwin
+ GTK builds.
+
2009-12-07 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
* unexelf.c (unexec): Don't search for .data twice.
stack_base = &dummy;
#endif
+#if defined (USE_GTK) && defined (G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC)
+ /* This is used by the Cygwin build. */
+ setenv ("G_SLICE", "always-malloc", 1);
+#endif
+
if (!initialized)
{
extern char my_endbss[];
/* Virtual addresses of pure and impure space can vary, as on Windows. */
#define VIRT_ADDR_VARIES
+/* Emacs supplies its own malloc, but glib (part of Gtk+) calls
+ memalign and on Cygwin, that becomes the Cygwin-supplied memalign.
+ As malloc is not the Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always
+ returns ENOSYS. A workaround is to set G_SLICE=always-malloc. */
+#define G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC
+
/* the end */
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