Subject: bug#24682: 26.0.50; Bootstrap failed

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:18:37 +0300

> From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:09:50 -0500
> 
> Does plain Emacs 24.5 build OK on Ubuntu 16.10?
> 
> Which Emacs version ships with Ubuntu 16.10? Emacs 24.5 or 25.1? Either 
> way, do Ubuntu's patches to Emacs seem relevant to your problem?
> 
> Others are reporting similar problems. See:
> 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/836690/seg-fault-building-emacs25-in-ubuntu-16-10

But since a very similar problem happens with building our master
branch, I guess the Ubuntu's patches to Emacs are off the hook?

I'm guessing this is some problem with the new Ubuntu that is outside
Emacs, perhaps the kernel or the Binutils.