From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#366: Problem executing emacs Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <35317.148.214.40.115.1212700604.squirrel@noether.astro.ugto.mx> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213374453 28771 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 16:27:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: iran@astro.ugto.mx Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 18:28:16 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K7C8E-0007e2-Bq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:28:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38882 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7C7Q-0004lu-H6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7C7M-0004lX-0c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7C7K-0004lB-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45132 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7C7K-0004l6-8W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59089) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7C7K-0007gk-1m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5DGR71H018887; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:27:07 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m5DGF5AV015594; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:15:05 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:15:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 366 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 366-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B366.121337337614219 (code B ref 366); Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:15:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 366) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 13 Jun 2008 16:09:36 +0000 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca (chene.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5DG9TZ8014212 for <366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:09:31 -0700 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-131.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.131]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5DG9SMD025132 for <366@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:09:28 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C146AB4087; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <35317.148.214.40.115.1212700604.squirrel@noether.astro.ugto.mx> (iran@astro.ugto.mx's message of "Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:16:44 -0500 (CDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered HAS_X_HELO=0, RV3037=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18364 Archived-At: > I'm trying to install emacs 22.1 on my workstation SUN with Solaris 10, so > when I try to execute emacs -q to test if emacs works before install it, > this message is displayed: Variable binding depth exceeds > max-specpdl-size. > Could you help me telling me how can I to resolve it and to continue with > the installation of Emacs on my machine? Do you get the same result with "emacs -Q -nw"? How 'bout "emacs -Q --batch" (which should just exit without doing anything)? It is of course possible that the installation target already contains some files and that these interact poorly, so that `make install' would actually fix your problem. It seems highly unlikely, tho. If you really wan tto track down this problem, then go to ../emacs/src, start "gdb emacs" from there, then do "b Fsignal", then "r -Q" and whenever you get a signal do "xbacktrace" which will give you both a C and a (crude) Lisp backtrace. These are likely to be very long and repetitive (and you may also hit the Fsignal breakpoint before the actual problem, so try continuing afterwards to see if that really was the problematic error, rather than an expected signal caught and handled somewhere). Then please send us the backtraces (especially the Lisp one, but the C one as well), Stefan