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27.0.50; pure space and pdumper

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 36649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, pipcet <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#36649: 27.0.50; pure space and pdumper
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:07:46 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

>> The latter case is the reason why we cannot yet remove unexec.
>>
>> Is m68k a live platform, or is it also dying?
>
> It's still supported by at least one major GNU/Linux distribution, and
> there was recent activity on bug#44531, so it's still being used enough
> for users to complain when something goes wrong.

Which GNU/Linux distribution is that?

Anyway, I don't feel that carrying around unexec just for m68k is
warranted -- it's a super duper marginal platform, and probably isn't
used for real work by anybody.  (So they can use older Emacs versions if
they absolutely have to.)

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