GNU bug report logs - #14569
24.3.50; bootstrap fails on Cygwin

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>

Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:17:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #242 received at 14569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: "14569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <14569 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi <at> alice.it>
Subject: Re: bug#14569: 24.3.50; bootstrap fails on Cygwin
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:50:08 -0700

On 06/28/2013 05:20 AM, Ken Brown wrote:

>  #ifndef CANNOT_DUMP
> +#ifdef CYGWIN
> +  if (! noninteractive)
> +#else
>    if (! noninteractive || initialized)
>  #endif
> +#endif

I'm dubious about this proposal.

If there's an obscure race-condition bug during bootstrapping
that makes Emacs crash, why isn't it plausible that a similar
bug could occur during normal operation?  Bootstrapping is
a more-intense activity that could well be more likely to
trigger races, but isn't it more plausible that the races
could occur at any time?
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