Here is the content from bugzilla: Description of problem: When built with a binutils that activties RELRO by default, emacs now fails to build on ppc64le. Since RELRO is mandatory, emacs must be updated. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Happens with binutils-2.23.52.0.1-35 and newer Excerpt: Loading /builddir/build/BUILD/emacs-24.3/lisp/vc/ediff-hook.el (source)... Loading /builddir/build/BUILD/emacs-24.3/lisp/tooltip.el (source)... Finding pointers to doc strings... Finding pointers to doc strings...done Dumping under the name emacs emacs: Program segment above .bss in /builddir/build/BUILD/emacs-24.3/build-gtk/src/temacs make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/emacs-24.3/build-gtk/src' Expected results: Successful build. Additional info: Turning off dump/unexec works around the issue and allows the build to succeed. On 05/20/2015 06:12 PM, Glenn Morris wrote: > Petr Hracek wrote: > >> Relevant RedHat bugzilla is: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223033 > "You are not authorized to access bug #1223033. > To see this bug, you must first log in to an account with the > appropriate permissions." -- Petr Hracek Software Engineer Developer Experience Red Hat, Inc Mob: +420777056169 email: phracek@redhat.com