GNU bug report logs - #38453
27.0.50; Portable dumper error: smuggled pointers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 04:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38453-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#38453: Error out if dumping while interactive?
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:14:33 +0100

Am Mo., 23. Dez. 2019 um 21:04 Uhr schrieb Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:51:55 +0100
> > Cc: 38453-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > > AFAICT Fdump_emacs explicitly checks for this:
> > >
> > > >  if (! noninteractive)
> > > >    error ("Dumping Emacs works only in batch mode");
> > >
> > > Maybe Fdump_emacs_portable should do the same… or maybe the check should
> > > be moved somewhere in loadup.el?
> >
> > Sounds reasonable, I've now fixed with with commit e7edba42c8.
>
> I think it's misguided, since we intend to lift this limitation in
> some future release.

If and when we lift it, we can remove the error again.
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