Re: Gnu emacs 21.2 in HP-UX 11.11

Re: Gnu emacs 21.2 in HP-UX 11.11

[Tapani Tarvainen]

[cross-posted and follow-up set to g.e.bug]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> On 10 Nov 2002, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> 
> > I have a strange problem with Gnu emacs 21.2 in HP-UX 11.11.
> > 
> > Specifically, whenever a buffer has shrunk so much that emacs
> > automatically disables auto-save, it freezes. Nothing short of
> > killing will have any effect.
> > 
> > The problem is specific to 21.2, it does not occur with 21.1
> > with exactly same configuration (built with identical commands
> > except different --prefix). The only unusual configure option
> > I use is --without-xim, and I'm using HP's ANSI C compiler.
> > 
> > It doesn't depend on any local initialization files, I tested
> > with -q --no-site-file. 
> > It does depend on X setup, or at least the problem doesn't
> > occur with -nw.
> > 
> > Suggestions, anyone?
> 
> This should have been sent to gnu.emacs.bug, not here.  Please consider 
> taking this thread there.

Done.

> My suspicion is that this has something to do with the fact 21.2 changed 
> the way buffer memory is allocated in small ways.  That caused bugs on 
> some systems, those bugs are fixed for the next release.

OK. 

One more datum: changing optimization levels had no effect
(I tried +O1, +O2 and none, and -g). 

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen

Re: Gnu emacs 21.2 in HP-UX 11.11

[Tapani Tarvainen]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Tapani Tarvainen <tt+gn20021110T202031@it.jyu.fi> writes:
> 
> > I have a strange problem with Gnu emacs 21.2 in HP-UX 11.11.
> >
> > Specifically, whenever a buffer has shrunk so much that emacs
> > automatically disables auto-save, it freezes. Nothing short of
> > killing will have any effect.

> The pretest can be had from alpha.gnu.org

I picked 21.2.92 from there and it seems the problem
has been fixed. :-)


-- 
Tapani Tarvainen