-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:51:44 +0100 From: Svante Signell Reply-To: svante.signell@gmail.com Organization: Home To: Eli Zaretskii CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 17:39 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > > From: Svante Signell > > Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:16:54 +0100 > > > > First time I compiled emacs 25.1 from upstream it passed, second time not. > > Compiling Debian versions almost always fail. Moslty the build fails with > > temacs > > failing to execute: Killed. In my opionion it's a real loss not to gave a > > modern > > version of emacs25 available for use in GNU/Hurd (not everybody use vi). > > > > Do anybody of you have an idea on how to solve this problem? > My suggestion is to run the failing temacs command line under GDB and > see where it crashes. Hi, attached is a traceback from gdb. Edited to remove thousands of loops, as indicated in that file. > The best way to communicate this information is to file a bug report, > using "M-x report-emacs-bug RET" (in some version of Emacs you have > that is operable; if not, just email the details to > bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org). A bug was already filed by Paul Eggert, https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cg i?bug=24857 Thanks anyway.