From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: make bootstrap: need moral support. :-( Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:37:13 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140502070 6970 80.91.229.2 (21 Feb 2006 06:07:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 21 07:07:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBQgT-0001zH-0l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:07:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBQgS-0001Rj-B2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FBK4H-0007SH-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:03:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FBK4E-0007PM-CO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:03:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBK4B-0007PB-OT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:03:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [193.149.49.134] (helo=acm.acm) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FBKAF-0003Oz-G6; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:09:56 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by acm.acm (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA00339; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:37:14 GMT X-Sender: root@acm.acm Original-To: "Richard M. Stallman" In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:50845 Archived-At: Hi, Richard and Everybody! On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Richard M. Stallman wrote: > So, I cvs updated my copy of CVS Emacs this morning. I followed this > with a ./configure and a make bootstrap. It failed in process.c with a > "dereferencing pointer to incomplete type" error, whatever that is. >If you want help in figuring out the problem, please include precise >details. Show the error message; show the code that gets the error. No, I've figured out the problem, I think. What I really needed was a quiet beer with somebody, because I was feeling a bit down, and a bit -ve towards Emacs. You guys came up with trumps, and persuaded me I needn't be worried about updating more frequently from savannah. Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany).