From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bootstrap & memory allocation troubles Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:52:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20060114165240.GA88460@flame.pc> References: <20060113155227.GA8439@flame.pc> <87mzhzg75p.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <20060113212440.GA77427@flame.pc> <20060113213818.GA18365@flame.pc> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137267414 24346 80.91.229.2 (14 Jan 2006 19:36:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 14 20:36:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExrCi-00025t-V9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:36:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExrEu-0000qS-Ow for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:39:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Exqfk-0006NT-9m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:02:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Exqfh-0006MA-NJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:02:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exqff-0006LX-UN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:02:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.170.0.93] (helo=aiolos.otenet.gr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Exqin-0000vY-9v; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:05:53 -0500 Original-Received: from flame.pc (patr530-a088.otenet.gr [212.205.215.88]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-8) with ESMTP id k0EIx856008587; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:59:40 +0200 Original-Received: by flame.pc (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3CA8A115BF; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:52:41 +0200 (EET) Original-To: "Richard M. Stallman" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49094 Archived-At: On 2006-01-14 11:14, "Richard M. Stallman" wrote: > Hmmm. Comment it out HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN in src/config.h > allows Emacs to bootstrap quite fine with the new malloc() > implementation too. Very nice. At least, we know how to > repeat and work around the bug now :) > > If FreeBSD fixes this, we are done. Otherwise, we are not done > yet--we need to change the Emacs configuration files so that > the same effect will occur. Sure. I'm testing a new malloc implementation now, which was committed to CURRENT after the one that has problems with posix_memalign(). It will take a day or so, because the old packages I have installed need to be rebuilt, but I'll follow up with the effects of this new malloc.