From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 23369@debbugs.gnu.org, fredrik@fornwall.net
Subject: bug#23369: 25.0.93; CANNOT_DUMP build fails if resizing terminal during startup in tty mode
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:01:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3zd1pakbqe.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r3dqyhrq.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 27 Apr 2016 22:27:05 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> I can't get one. I just get "NSTATICS too small" (even if I make it huge).
>
> If you run that command under GDB, with a breakpoint on the code which
> issues this message, don't you get the backtrace?
It's not a relevant message.
Anyway, I managed to get a useful backtrace, which revealed the real
problem, and a trivial fix:
Lisp Backtrace:
"frames-on-display-list" (0xffff17e0)
"let" (0xffff19d0)
"mapcar" (0xffff1d50)
"apply" (0xffff1ed0)
"cons" (0xffff1ff0)
"internal--before-save-selected-window" (0xffff2160)
"let" (0xffff2450)
"save-selected-window" (0xffff2570)
"walk-windows" (0xffff26e0)
"let" (0xffff2a20)
"window--process-window-list" (0xffff2b90)
"let" (0xffff2e80)
"dolist" (0xffff2fa0)
"window--adjust-process-windows" (0xffff31e0)
"load" (0xffff3800)
*** a/lisp/window.el
--- b/lisp/window.el
***************
*** 8520,8525 ****
--- 8520,8526 ----
displaying that processes's buffer."
(let ((processes (process-list))
(process-windows nil))
+ (when processes
(walk-windows
(lambda (window)
(let ((buffer (window-buffer window))
***************
*** 8538,8544 ****
nil)
(setf iter (cdr iter)))))))
1 t)
! process-windows))
(defun window--adjust-process-windows ()
"Update process window sizes to match the current window configuration."
--- 8539,8545 ----
nil)
(setf iter (cdr iter)))))))
1 t)
! process-windows)))
(defun window--adjust-process-windows ()
"Update process window sizes to match the current window configuration."
>> >> Also, it seems like if CANNOT_DUMP builds encounter an error loading
>> >> loadup.el, they go on to run the command-loop with only a partially
>> >> loaded loadup, which leads to confusing error messages that have nothing
>> >> to do with the real problem. Can they be made to abort instead?
>> >
>> > How will aborting help diagnosing the problems? IME, it tends to hide
>> > evidence, not make it more clear.
>>
>> In that Emacs might stop near the actual error (eg "loading foo..."),
>> rather than going on to fail with some totally unrelated error (eg
>> "Symbol's function definition is void: internal-echo-keystrokes-prefix"
>> as in this case).
>
> But the error message is actually quite informative; at the very
> least, it tells where the problem happened, and frequently also names
> the guilty function or variable.
I feel like we are miscommunicating.
Neither of the errors mentioned in the original report (NSTATICS,
internal-echo-keystrokes-prefix) have anything to do with the real
problem. They are just noise caused by an Emacs with half its loadup
missing falling through to the command-loop and inevitably failing
miserably. This is not informative. If there is an error loading loadup,
it should print it and abort. (I see I am repeating
http://debbugs.gnu.org/22975#38 ).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-27 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-25 7:10 bug#23369: 25.0.93; CANNOT_DUMP build fails if resizing terminal during startup in tty mode Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-25 7:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-25 9:43 ` Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-25 10:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 0:53 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 6:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 16:36 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 18:48 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-27 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-27 21:01 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-04-28 5:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 13:03 ` Fredrik Fornwall
2016-04-28 13:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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