GNU bug report logs - #26638
25.2; Fatal error 6: Abortmake[1]: *** [Makefile:737: bootstrap-emacs] Abort (core dumped)

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Message #25 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: okshirai <at> gmail.com, 26638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 25.2; Fatal error 6: Abortmake[1]: *** [Makefile:737:
 bootstrap-emacs] Abort (core dumped)
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:31:10 +0300

unblock 24655 by 26638
thanks

> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:21:49 -0700
> Cc: 26638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> For what it's worth I could not reproduce the problem on i386-pc-solaris2.11 
> with Sun C 5.12. Emacs did not crash at all.
> 
> My guess is that it's a bug in how unexec works in your environment. It's also 
> possible that it's a bug in your C compiler, though I think this less likely. 
> Unfortunately, it is hard to debug this sort of thing without access to the 
> failing system.
> 
> Is it easy for you to try the latest C compiler from Oracle instead? The current 
> stable version is Sun C 5.14 (Oracle Developer Studio 12.5), which you can get here:
> 
> https://www.oracle.com/tools/developerstudio/index.html

Any news on this one?

In any case, given the time since the last communication, and no
similar reports from anyone else, it doesn't seem right to block the
release of Emacs 26.1 due to this problem.

Thanks.

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