GNU bug report logs - #57878
Emacs native compilation on startup can crash the system

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Message #20 received at 57878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>, 57878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Minimal reproducible setup
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:04:37 +0200

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> I think you can prevent native-compilation entirely by setting no-
>> native-compile to t in your early-init.el (I'm playing with the idea
>> of doing this anyway, because I'm annoyed by the clutter that falls
>> through the cracks).
>
> Okay, it turns out that disabling native compilation is not so simple
> after all.  Other ideas are welcome.

That's what I discovered as well. What you can do is set
native-comp-speed to -1, reducing native compilation to byte code
compilation. But that doesn't deactivate the machinery.

Cheers,
  Konrad.

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