GNU bug report logs - #52455
28.0.90; on macOS High Sierra, Version 10.13.6, and macOS Monterey, Version 12.0.1, unexec fails

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:35:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 52381, 52382

Found in version 28.0.90

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 52455 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52455: Remove non-working Emacs "support" for macOS unexec
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:25:20 -0800

I took a bleeding-edge GNU Emacs (commit 
85ca91ff912da7c3a672e4bfe6ce103a23ddec73 dated today) and tried to build 
it on cfarm104.cfarm.net, which is running macOS 12.6 21G115. I used 
this command to configure and build:

  ./configure --with-gnutls=ifavailable --with-unexec=yes
  make check

The build failed mysteriously.

After doing this, I discovered GNU bug#52455, which says that unexec 
builds have not worked in macOS for some time and that this bug won't be 
fixed. I wish I hadn't wasted my time trying --with-unexec.

I suggest removing support for unexec on macOS, so that nobody else 
wastes time like I did.
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