From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bootstrap error in c-mode with CANNOT_DUMP Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244842681 21416 80.91.229.12 (12 Jun 2009 21:38:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Development To: Ken Raeburn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 12 23:37:56 2009 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 1MFERg-0004zl-Gw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:37:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41910 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFERf-0002eG-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFERc-0002e1-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFERX-0002dp-Kc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41671 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFERX-0002dm-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-02.vtx.ch ([212.147.0.114]:39763) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFERX-0001zR-5E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:47 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (dyn.83-228-142-003.dsl.vtx.ch [83.228.142.3]) by smtp-02.vtx.ch (VTX Services SA) with ESMTP id 7DEAB5FC73; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:37:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4CE1E64339; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Ken Raeburn's message of "Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:25:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:111460 Archived-At: > I'm doing some experimenting with some changes that require linking in a new > library and calling some code early in the Emacs process. Since the > library isn't currently unexec-friendly, I'm trying some builds without > using unexec. I find that I can't do a bootstrap. This is a known problem since it plagued the GNUStep port as well (when it couldn't dump). Right now the use of CANNOT_DUMP leads to all kinds of problems (IIRC even things like ~/.emacs don't get processed correctly). But it's not very high on the todo-list, so if you can find a fix for it, it would probably be welcome, but otherwise don't hold your breath. A better path might be to try and find a way to do the unexec. Stefan