RE: emacs 21.2 crashes immediately (new build on Intel/Solaris 8)

["Frosch, Johan W (Hans)" <jwfrosch@intergraph.com>]

The problem appears to be specific to the compiler being used.
Until now I used this SUN compiler: "ProWorks PC3.0.1 21 Jan 1995", and
was always successful in building new emacs versions until version 21.1

Using GCC or a newer SUN compiler: "Sun WokShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 2001/05/15",
does create a working new emacs (21.2) version!!

In trying to use GDB on the crashing version, I have not been able to derive any
useful information; it does not work very well with the ProWorks-compiled code.

(I'll try to get some more info using dbx.)

Regards,

Hans Frosch

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Stallman [mailto:rms@gnu.org]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:47
To: Frosch, Johan W (Hans)
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs 21.2 crashes immediately (new build on Intel/Solaris 8)


(dbx) where
  =>[1] strcpy(0x851c600, 0x485d6e00), at 0xdf7ccd82
    [2] set_lface_from_font_name(f = 0x851c600, lface = 1214082560,
        fontname = 944929972, force_p = 1, may_fail_p = 1), line 3162 in "xfaces.c"
    [3] realize_default_face(f = 0x851c600), line 6124 in "xfaces.c"
    [4] realize_basic_faces(f = 0x851c600), line 6064 in "xfaces.c"
    [5] update_face_from_frame_parameter(f = 0x851c600, param = 406016508,
        new_value = 944930228), line 4275 in "xfaces.c"

Would you please investigate the data being used in these innermost
frames, to see what invalid data caused the crash?

I recommend you use GDB so that the special commands for debugging
Emacs can work.  Also please read etc/DEBUG.