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

From: Sven Joachim <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:53:02 +0200

On 2012-07-18 06:05 +0200, Rob Browning wrote:

> 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
>   make[4]: ***
> [/build/buildd-emacs24_24.1+1-3-ia64-1WcbZW/emacs24-24.1+1/debian/build-x/lisp/progmodes/cc-fonts.elc]
> Error 1
>   make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
>   https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=emacs24&arch=ia64&ver=24.1%2B1-3&stamp=1342582280
>
> Does that look familiar?

See http://bugs.debian.org/582439.  The Debian emacs23 package has been
compiled with -O1 on ia64 to work around this.

Cheers,
       Sven