Re: running ./temacs

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

>> [Hacking around this so that Vprocess_environment is initialized when
>> not dumping makes ./temacs work correctly]
> In case anyone wants to see the difference in behavior, here's the ugly hack:

Could you explain your code (i.e. why you need those strcmp hacks, why
you need to set&unset initialized, ...)?

Basically, the control flow around these parts of the code is a bit too
intricate for my poor head right now, and on top of that, I don't know
what it's trying to achieve.

> --- src/emacs.c      2010-11-15 06:10:35 +0000
> +++ src/emacs.c      2010-11-17 07:40:04 +0000
> @@ -1455,7 +1455,15 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
>    /* egetenv is a pretty low-level facility, which may get called in
>       many circumstances; it seems flimsy to put off initializing it
>       until calling init_callproc.  */
> -  set_initial_environment ();
> +
> +  if (!initialized && !((strcmp (argv[argc-1], "dump") == 0
> +                    || strcmp (argv[argc-1], "bootstrap") == 0))){
> +    initialized = 1;
> +    set_initial_environment ();
> +    initialized = 0;
> +  }
> +  else
> +    set_initial_environment ();
>    /* AIX crashes are reported in system versions 3.2.3 and 3.2.4
>       if this is not done.  Do it after set_global_environment so that we
>       don't pollute Vglobal_environment.  */


-- Stefan