Subject: Fwd: Re: emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 09:44:14 -0700

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Subject: 	Re: emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd
Date: 	Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:51:44 +0100
From: 	Svante Signell <[email-masked]>
Reply-To: 	[email-masked]
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To: 	Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
CC: 	[email-masked]

On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 17:39 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > From: Svante Signell <[email-masked]>
> > Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:16:54 +0100
> >
> > First time I compiled emacs 25.1 from upstream it passed, second time not.
> > Compiling Debian versions almost always fail. Moslty the build fails with
> > temacs
> > failing to execute: Killed. In my opionion it's a real loss not to gave a
> > modern
> > version of emacs25 available for use in GNU/Hurd (not everybody use vi).
> >
> > Do anybody of you have an idea on how to solve this problem?
> My suggestion is to run the failing temacs command line under GDB and
> see where it crashes.

Hi, attached is a traceback from gdb. Edited to remove thousands of loops, as
indicated in that file.

> The best way to communicate this information is to file a bug report,
> using "M-x report-emacs-bug RET" (in some version of Emacs you have
> that is operable; if not, just email the details to
> [email-masked]).

A bug was already filed by Paul Eggert, https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cg
i?bug=24857

Thanks anyway.