Subject: Re: bug#11971: Emacs 24.1 fails to build on ia64 with "value as variable is void"

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:30:56 -0500

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Rob Browning <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Here's another unusual build failure.  This time on Debian Wheezy ia64:
>>
>>   Compiling /build/buildd-emacs24_24.1+1-3-ia64-1WcbZW/emacs24-24.1+1/debian/build-x/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.el
>>
>>   In toplevel form:
>>   progmodes/cc-fonts.el:76:27:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: quote
>
> There may be a problem with stack marking on ia64.  Using
> GC_USE_GCPROS_AS_BEFORE lets the build succeed.

This discussion didn't go anywhere.

Are you saying we need to change Emacs's configure.ac to define
GC_MARK_STACK as GC_USE_GCPROS_AS_BEFORE on ia64 GNU/Linux?