GNU bug report logs - #46965
28.0.50; unexec does not build (or work)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 14:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 46965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
To: 46965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46965: 28.0.50; unexec does not build (or work)
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 19:07:02 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 2:03 PM Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> But unexec does provide performance advantages over pdumper, and even
> over undumped builds.

That, by the way, is because of pure space.

Here's the patch to make unexec build. Note that this patch removes
the free() wrapper from lib/, so if your libc's free() is broken and
sets errno, that bug will be once again exposed.

[0001-fix-build-with-dumping-unexec.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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