Hello, I am attempting to build Emacs v22.1 on an HLFS (Hardened Linux From Scratch) version of the Linux kernel at 2.6.20.7. I am seeing a segmentation fault during the "LC_ALL=C ./temacs -batch -l loadup dump" stage of the build (NOTE: I am using gcc version 4.1.2). I looked at the stack trace in the core file and it didn't really give me any clues (failed on line 1373 of sysdep.c). I looked through /etc/PROBLEMS and searched with google to see if this is a common problem -- I didn't find anything related. My last resort is to send this email as a plea for help!! See details on the problem below... Thanks, Chris *Here is the build error* e.elc ../lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.elc ../lisp/textmodes/text-mode.elc ../lisp/e macs-lisp/timer.elc ../lisp/vc-hooks.elc ../lisp/jka-cmpr-hook.elc ../lisp/ediff -hook.elc ../lisp/widget.elc ../lisp/window.elc ../lisp/version.el LC_ALL=C ./temacs -batch -l loadup dump make[1]: *** [emacs] Segmentation fault make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/emacs-22.1/src' make: *** [src] Error 2 *Here is the GDB info from the core file (we don't appear to have symbols even though "-g" was specified for gcc)* [root@EC000029 /var/tmp/emacs-22.1/src]# gdb ./temacs core GNU gdb 6.4 Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `./temacs -batch -l loadup dump'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x1629ab5f in ?? () Environment variable "DISPLAY" not defined. TERM = linux Breakpoint 1 at 0x99fd4: file sysdep.c, line 1373. (gdb) bt #0 0x1629ab5f in ?? () #1 0x255d4ef0 in ?? () #2 0x2556c810 in ?? () #3 0x2556c7f0 in ?? () #4 0x255085d0 in ?? () #5 0x2556c830 in ?? () #6 0x255089e0 in ?? () #7 0x2556c7d0 in ?? () #8 0x25546e60 in ?? () #9 0x25445f80 in ?? () #10 0x255b3280 in ?? () #11 0x255468f0 in ?? () #12 0x25547290 in ?? () #13 0x25546ff0 in ?? () #14 0x25446750 in ?? () #15 0x25544a70 in ?? () #16 0x162feff4 in ?? () #17 0x00000000 in ?? 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(cached) yes checking for nl_langinfo and CODESET... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for mbstate_t... yes checking for C restrict keyword... __restrict checking for C restricted array declarations... yes Configured for `i686-pc-linux-gnu'. Where should the build process find the source code? /tmp/emacs-22.1 What operating system and machine description files should Emacs use? `s/gnu-linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g -O2 -Wno-pointer-sign Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should Emacs use a relocating allocator for buffers? yes Should Emacs use mmap(2) for buffer allocation? no What window system should Emacs use? none What toolkit should Emacs use? none Where do we find X Windows header files? NONE Where do we find X Windows libraries? NONE Does Emacs use -lXaw3d? no Does Emacs use -lXpm? no Does Emacs use -ljpeg? no Does Emacs use -ltiff? no Does Emacs use -lungif? no Does Emacs use -lpng? no Does Emacs use X toolkit scroll bars? no configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating lib-src/Makefile.c config.status: creating oldXMenu/Makefile config.status: creating man/Makefile config.status: creating lwlib/Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile.c config.status: creating lisp/Makefile config.status: creating lispref/Makefile config.status: creating lispintro/Makefile config.status: creating leim/Makefile config.status: creating src/config.h config.status: executing default commands creating src/epaths.h creating lib-src/Makefile creating src/Makefile