GNU bug report logs - #20868
24.5; Emacs dumper should be portable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-02/msg00347.html

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20868 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20868: 24.5; Emacs dumper should be portable
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:00:35 -0400

Philipp Stephani wrote

> I think the Emacs dumper should be rewritten to no longer rely on
> reading its process memory and writing an executable file.  

It's a long-standing TODO item. Patches welcome.

See eg
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-01/msg01034.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-06/msg00452.html
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