Subject: Re: bug#24857: emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:48:34 +0200

> From: Svante Signell <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:35:53 +0100
> 
> I get with ./temacs -Q -nw a frame and on the bottom line:
> emacs-x is built first in the Debian build 25.1-2:

Why did you use -nw?  I meant for you to try the usual GUI session.

> logging in to the kvm box with ssh ... gives
> 
> Symbol’s function definition is void: internal-echo-keystrokes-prefix
> and then a freeze
> 
> logging in with ssh -Y ... gives
> Loading loadup.el (source)...
> Using load-path (/home/srs/DEBs/emacs/emacs25-25.1+1/debian/build-x/lisp)-------
> ----------
> Loading emacs-lisp/byte-run (source)...nternal-echo-keystrokes-prefix
> Loading emacs-lisp/byte-run (source)...done
> Loading emacs-lisp/backquote (source)...
> Loading emacs-lisp/backquote (source)...done
> Loading subr (source)...
> Loading subr (source)...done
> Loading version (source)...
> Symbol’s function definition is void: pcase

Are you building from the Git repository?  If so, don't: doing that
requires byte-compiling all the Lisp files, which would be difficult
given your problems.

Instead, try building an official 25.1 release tarball, then invoke
temacs built there, and see if it works.