From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23369: 25.0.93; CANNOT_DUMP build fails if resizing terminal during startup in tty mode Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:01:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83shya2eiq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8337qa3yzf.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461578605 7312 80.91.229.3 (25 Apr 2016 10:03:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:03:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23369@debbugs.gnu.org To: Fredrik Fornwall Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 25 12:03:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1audMG-0000Bo-8r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:03:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58876 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audMF-0004oH-L8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:03:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43537) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audMB-0004hP-NH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audM6-00051Q-4K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audM6-00051M-1g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1audM5-0002Xa-Rk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23369 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23369-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23369.14615785259693 (code B ref 23369); Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23369) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Apr 2016 10:02:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45657 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1audLB-0002WH-2n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52128) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1audLA-0002Vo-0a for 23369@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audL0-0004is-DA for 23369@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:01:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50105) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1audL0-0004in-9u; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:01:54 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4941 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1audKz-0005V2-Ji; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:01:54 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Fredrik Fornwall on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:43:02 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:116805 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:43:02 +0200 > From: Fredrik Fornwall > Cc: 23369@debbugs.gnu.org > > Some reasons causing terminal resize during startup: > (1) If running emacs on Android > (http://endlessparentheses.com/running-emacs-on-android.html), you may > want to show the (or switch to another) touch keyboard, which causes a > terminal resize. Android also forces CANNOT_DUMP since binaries needs > to be position-independent, and startup is also slower due to running > on mobile devices, so the window of opportunity increases. > (2) One wants to resize the terminal to e.g. put the terminal window > with emacs besides another window, or maximize the window. > (3) One wants to change font size when jumping from the terminal into emacs. > > If one knows that emacs crashes if resizing during startup it's easy > to wait for startup to complete before doing any of the above. > > The problem is that most new users won't know that, and a message > like"function definition is void: internal-echo-keystrokes-prefix" > won't help them understand it either, and they will instead need > support (or give up using emacs). Well, if someone could provide a backtrace showing how these errors are triggered by resizing the frame, perhaps this could be fixed. Thanks.