From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: where to report bootstrap bugs? Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:15:10 -0800 Message-ID: <200712312215.lBVMFF9K017775@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <87ir3wodst.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86lk8fs4r1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86fxy580db.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <86abnqwwyk.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87prwmftxq.fsf@gmx.de> <86hchyv9hy.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199139521 28402 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2007 22:18:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 23:18:55 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J9SyE-00058Q-Gg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:18:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Sxs-0004F4-Eq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:18:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Sxo-0004Ez-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:18:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Sxm-0004En-7N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:18:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Sxm-0004Ek-1J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:18:26 -0500 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9Sxl-0000o9-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:18:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBVMFF9K017775; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:15:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86hchyv9hy.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:29:13 -0600") Original-Lines: 24 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:85768 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:14:25 +0100 Michael Albinus wrote: > > MA> Ted Zlatanov writes: > >> Is there a more appropriate place to ask about `make bootstrap' problems > >> from a CVS checkout, if emacs-devel is not it? > >> > >> After 1.5 months since I submitted a problem report to emacs-devel (I > >> can't do a bug report because the bootstrap won't build) I haven't heard > >> anything. While I may be the only one having the problem, my Ubuntu > >> installation is hardly unusual so other users could be running into this > >> as well. > > MA> I don't remember your report, but from time to time I need a "make > MA> distclean; ./configure; make bootstrap". Maybe this is sufficient for > MA> you as well? I'm also running Ubuntu. > > I thought I was going crazy, so I did this, plus a clean checkout to a > completely new directory... Nothing worked. I traced the problem to a > test in fileio.c, and I wonder if it's a system library issue. See my > report, which I reposted. You can try compiling with -O0 to try exclude compiler bugs...