Re: Fixes for 64-bit Emacs on Snow Leopard

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Erik Charlebois <erikcharlebois@gmail.com> writes:

> I've posted the steps/fixes to get a 64-bit NS/Cocoa Emacs 23.1 working for
> Snow Leopard on my blog:
>
>> Steps to fix the 64-bit Emacs on Snow Leopard (configure –with-ns, make,
>> make install):
>
>> Undef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN in the #ifdef temacs part of
>> src/s/darwin.h. posix_memalign does not call wind up calling the hooked
>> unexec_malloc, so you wind up with incorrect free calls.
>
> Feel free to roll those changes in, I haven't contributed to any GNU
> projects before so I'm not really sure where to begin making a patch /
> dealing with copyright assignment.

Could someone review this and check it in if it's the right thing to do?
(David or Adrian?)

> Which brings me to: is there a page somewhere with the steps on how to get
> involved /w emacs dev, what the contribution protocols are, who owns what area
> and such? I'm interested in improving Mac and Win32 support.

Please post patches to this mailing list.  If you're interested in
posting significant changes, you'll need a copyright assignment; email
me privately, and I'll guide you through the process.