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: CANNOT_DUMP support Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:33:53 -0800 Message-ID: <200802110433.m1B4XrXw017599@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <21315d9f3739f9bb6f6cb41ab80ec90c@lagorda> <200802110148.m1B1mTd0028038@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202704614 16541 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2008 04:36:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chris Hall , Emacs devel To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 11 05:37:17 2008 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 1JOQPq-0007fJ-Vt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:37:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOQPN-0001A0-Py for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOQPI-00016d-SG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOQPG-00011S-9c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOQPG-00011H-1F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:38 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOQPF-0002wp-HS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:37 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1203309234.53948@zTVu+xZs/CcLt2NFGkK9ug Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1B4XrXw017599; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:33:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:04:14 -0500") Original-Lines: 25 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 10 (beta) 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:88721 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > >> > > I know that GNUstep is a CANNOT_DUMP platform, and I have been > >> > > informed that there aren't many others left. Is there a list > >> > > somewhere that I could view? > >> > > >> > No list, just grep emacs/src/m/* > >> > >> Ah. Thanks. > >> > >> Hmm. System/390, amdx86-64, ia-64, m68k. > > > Nope, look again, all those are either commented out or inside #if 0. > > > The only remaining one is in ibmrs6000.h when using sysV. I don't know > > of any such system in current use ... > > Yup: CANNOT_DUMP is not on the way out, but it's only ever seriously > used for targets that are "in development". > We need to get dumping to work on GNUstep before we can consider it as > "ready for prime time" (tho I don't consider it as a prerequisite for > being on the trunk). Has there been any decision about merging that code? It would probably be better to merge it sooner rather than later...