When Emacs is configured with --enable-checking=xmallocoverrun on Mac OS X, Emacs crashes during the build process. The error is as follows. temacs(20348,0x7fff70e01ca0) malloc: *** error for object 0x10076c010: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2) *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug /bin/sh: line 1: 20348 Abort trap `/bin/pwd`/temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap make[1]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 1 Note that I set attempted to debug the problem with gdb. I set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break as directed by the error message. The resulting backtrace is as follows. #0 0x00007fff86eed779 in malloc_error_break () #1 0x00007fff86eee8d0 in szone_error () #2 0x000000010020205a in unexec_free (ptr=0x10076c018) at unexmacosx.c:1384 #3 0x0000000100091387 in Fclear_charset_maps () at charset.c:2141 #4 0x00000001001a4b7a in eval_sub (form=4337996870) at eval.c:2360 #5 0x00000001001d7241 in readevalloop (readcharfun=4320321402, stream=0x7fff70e03f40, sourcename=4320479449, printflag=0, unibyte=4320145482, readfun=4320145482, start=4320145482, end=4320145482) at lread.c:1806 #6 0x00000001001d5722 in Fload (file=4320479193, noerror=4320145482, nomessage=4320145482, nosuffix=4320145482, must_suffix=4320145482) at lread.c:1284 #7 0x00000001001a4c5a in eval_sub (form=4320150710) at eval.c:2377 #8 0x00000001001a439b in Feval (form=4320150710, lexical=4320145482) at eval.c:2213 #9 0x00000001000f06c1 in top_level_2 () at keyboard.c:1137 #10 0x00000001001a2a83 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x1000f06a0 , handlers=4320211690, hfun=0x1000f0169 ) at eval.c:1491 #11 0x00000001000f0709 in top_level_1 (ignore=4320145482) at keyboard.c:1145 #12 0x00000001001a23b1 in internal_catch (tag=4320206362, func=0x1000f06c3 , arg=4320145482) at eval.c:1238 #13 0x00000001000f0603 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1100 #14 0x00000001000efbf1 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:730 #15 0x00000001000efded in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:792 #16 0x00000001000edd46 in main (argc=5, argv=0x7fff5fbff9c8) at emacs.c:1685 Steps to reproduce: 1. Configure Emacs using the following command on Mac OS X. ./configure --enable-checking=xmallocoverrun --with-ns CFLAGS='-g3 -O0' 2. Build Emacs using the following command. make install 3. Emacs crashes when " `/bin/pwd`/temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap" is called.