Re: emacs from sources on redhat test fedora setup

[Peter Lee]

>>>> Harry Putnam writes:

    Harry> But now with the compiler in place it segfaults at the
    Harry> dumping stage of `make bootstrap' [...]  Finding pointers
    Harry> to doc strings...  Finding pointers to doc strings...done
    Harry> Dumping under names emacs and emacs-21.3.50 make[1]: ***
    Harry> [bootstrap-emacs] Segmentation fault make[1]: Leaving
    Harry> directory `/usr/local/src/cvs/emacs/src' make: ***
    Harry> [bootstrap] Error 2

Check out gmane.emacs.devel for: Unable to bootstrap GNU Emacs 21.3 (SOLVED)

    DavidPonce> Exec-shield functionality is available only to
    DavidPonce> binaries that have been built (and marked) using the
    DavidPonce> toolchain (compiler, assembler, linker) available with
    DavidPonce> Fedora [...]"

    RMS> those words are disturbing.  what toolchain is this?  is it a
    RMS> version of gcc?  is it free sw?

    DavidPonce> The problem is that Exec-shield enables a different
    DavidPonce> memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper.