GNU bug report logs - #61960
30.0.50; Unexec build reliably crashes during loadup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 14:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at 61960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: hi-angel <at> yandex.ru, 61960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#61960: 30.0.50; Unexec build reliably crashes during loadup
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:26:55 +0200

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  61960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  hi-angel <at> yandex.ru
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:56:01 +0800
> 
> Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org> writes:
> 
> >  /* Define to build with portable dumper support */                                                                                                                   
> >  #define HAVE_PDUMPER 1
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >  /* Define if Emacs supports unexec. */                                                                                                                               
> >  #define HAVE_UNEXEC 1 
> 
> And this Emacs compiles and works?
> That's astonishing.

Why astonishing?  AFAIR, it was supposed to work, so unless it
bit-rotted, it should still build and work.

I do agree that the use case for such a configuration is not very
strong.
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