This a bug report following http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-01/msg00118.html I'm try to build emacs on Windows 10 using msys2/mingw64, and git emacs source. However, it raises error after dump complete. - most updated msys2/mingw64 - Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.15063 - System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (v10.0.1703.15063.1563) - last success build: Repository revision: c48ea7c08c95185ddce266744a1959e0ce6b04e1 (2019-01-13) I tried the pdumper master in last Sunday and yesterday and today with updated repository. Current one: 94245b9a790392768d47afc15ae278369307d663 I tried make -j3 after: - pdumper: ./configure --without-imagemagick - unexec: ./configure --without-imagemagick --with-dumping=unexec The unexec one provide clear error message: ``` Dumping from C:/gitemacs/emacs/src/temacs.exe to C:/gitemacs/emacs/src/emacs.exe mv -f emacs.exe bootstrap-emacs.exe make -C ../lisp compile-first EMACS="../src/bootstrap-emacs.exe" make[2]: Entering directory '/c/gitemacs/emacs/lisp' ELC emacs-lisp/macroexp.elc ELC emacs-lisp/cconv.elc ELC emacs-lisp/byte-opt.elc emacs: Wrong type argument: vectorp, [] make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/byte-opt.elc] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... emacs: Wrong type argument: vectorp, [] make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/cconv.elc] Error 1 emacs: Wrong type argument: vectorp, [] make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/macroexp.elc] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/gitemacs/emacs/lisp' make[1]: *** [Makefile:797: bootstrap-emacs.exe] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/gitemacs/emacs/src' make: *** [Makefile:423: src] Error 2 ``` The pdumper building popup a error box: https://github.com/ShuguangSun/emacsimprovement/blob/master/Emacs_Win10_compileError.PNG And error message: ``` Dump complete Byte counts: header=80 hot=13293288 discardable=127776 cold=9178020 Reloc counts: hot=920625 discardable=4848 make -C ../lisp compile-first EMACS="../src/bootstrap-emacs.exe" make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/username/gitemacs/emacs/lisp' ELC emacs-lisp/macroexp.elc ELC emacs-lisp/cconv.elc ELC emacs-lisp/byte-opt.elc /bin/sh: line 1: 195564 Segmentation fault EMACSLOADPATH= '../src/bootstrap-emacs.exe' -batch --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' -f batch-byte-compile emacs-lisp/cconv.el make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/cconv.elc] Error 139 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /bin/sh: line 1: 102824 Segmentation fault EMACSLOADPATH= '../src/bootstrap-emacs.exe' -batch --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' -f batch-byte-compile emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/byte-opt.elc] Error 139 /bin/sh: line 1: 88864 Segmentation fault EMACSLOADPATH= '../src/bootstrap-emacs.exe' -batch --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' -f batch-byte-compile emacs-lisp/macroexp.el make[2]: *** [Makefile:301: emacs-lisp/macroexp.elc] Error 139 make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/username/gitemacs/emacs/lisp' make[1]: *** [Makefile:812: bootstrap-emacs.pdmp] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/username/gitemacs/emacs/src' make: *** [Makefile:423: src] Error 2 ``` Configure summary: Configured for 'x86_64-w64-mingw32'. Where should the build process find the source code? . What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g3 -O2 -gdwarf-2 Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc? no (The GNU allocators don't work with this system configuration.) Should Emacs use a relocating allocator for buffers? no Should Emacs use mmap(2) for buffer allocation? yes What window system should Emacs use? w32 What toolkit should Emacs use? none Where do we find X Windows header files? NONE Where do we find X Windows libraries? NONE Does Emacs use -lXaw3d? no Does Emacs use -lXpm? yes Does Emacs use -ljpeg? yes Does Emacs use -ltiff? yes Does Emacs use a gif library? yes Does Emacs use a png library? yes Does Emacs use -lrsvg-2? yes Does Emacs use cairo? no Does Emacs use -llcms2? yes Does Emacs use imagemagick? no Does Emacs support sound? yes Does Emacs use -lgpm? no Does Emacs use -ldbus? no Does Emacs use -lgconf? no Does Emacs use GSettings? no Does Emacs use a file notification library? yes (w32) Does Emacs use access control lists? yes Does Emacs use -lselinux? no Does Emacs use -lgnutls? yes Does Emacs use -lxml2? yes Does Emacs use -lfreetype? no Does Emacs use -lm17n-flt? no Does Emacs use -lotf? no Does Emacs use -lxft? no Does Emacs use -lsystemd? no Does Emacs use -ljansson? yes Does Emacs use -lgmp? yes Does Emacs directly use zlib? yes Does Emacs have dynamic modules support? no Does Emacs use toolkit scroll bars? yes Does Emacs support Xwidgets (requires gtk3)? no Does Emacs have threading support in lisp? yes Does Emacs support the portable dumper? no Does Emacs support legacy unexec dumping? yes Which dumping strategy does Emacs use? unexec