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date	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:09:59 +0200
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+-*- mode:outline; minor-mode:outl-mouse -*-
 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
 in compiling, installing and running XEmacs.
 (synched up with: 19.30)
+(updated for 20.0)
 * On Irix, I don't see the toolbar icons and I'm getting lots of
 entries in the warnings buffer.
 SGI ships a really old Xpm library in /usr/lib which does not work at
 This bug is present in at least 2.6.x and 2.7.[0-2].  A patched
 binary for 2.7.2 is available in
 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/gcc272-no-sr-bug.lbin.tgz
-Or wait for GCC 2.7.3.
+Or use GCC 2.7.2.1.
 * Under some versions of OSF XEmacs runs fine if built without
 optimization but will crash randomly if built with optimization.
 Using 'cc -g' is not sufficient to eliminate all optimization.  Try
 'cc -g -O0' instead.
 * On Solaris 2.* I get undefined symbols from libcurses.a.
 You probably have /usr/ucblib/ on your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Do the link with
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH unset.
+* On Solaris 2.* I cannot make alloc.o, glyphs.o or process.o.
+The SparcWorks C compiler may have difficulty building those modules
+with optimization level -xO4.  Try using only "-fast" optimization
+for just those modules.  (Or use gcc).
 * I don't have `xmkmf' and `imake' on my HP.
 You can get these standard X tools by anonymous FTP to hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com.
 Essentially all X programs need these.
 Compiler fixes in Irix 6.0.1 should eliminate this problem.
 * With certain fonts, when the cursor appears on a character, the
 character doesn't appear--you get a solid box instead.
-One user on a Linux-based GNU system reported that this problem went
+One user on a Linux system reported that this problem went away with
-away with installation of a new X server.  The failing server was
+installation of a new X server.  The failing server was XFree86 3.1.1.
-XFree86 3.1.1.  XFree86 3.1.2 works.
+XFree86 3.1.2 works.
 * On SunOS 4.1.3, Emacs unpredictably crashes in _yp_dobind_soft.
 This happens if you configure Emacs specifying just `sparc-sun-sunos4'
 on a system that is version 4.1.3.  You must specify the precise
 First, make sure the files `/etc/hosts' and `/etc/host.conf' both
 exist.  The first line in the `/etc/hosts' file should look like this
 (replace HOSTNAME with your host name):
-127.0.0.1      HOSTNAME
+127.0.0.1      localhost HOSTNAME
 Also make sure that the `/etc/host.conf' files contains the following
 lines:
 order hosts, bind
 _iswcntrl, _wcscpy, and _wcsncpy, then you need to add -lXwchar after
 -lXaw in the command that links temacs.
 This problem seems to arise only when the international language
 extensions to X11R5 are installed.
-* Typing C-c C-c in Shell mode kills your X server.
-This happens with Linux kernel 1.0 thru 1.04, approximately.  The workaround is
-to define SIGNALS_VIA_CHARACTERS in config.h and recompile Emacs.
-Newer Linux kernel versions don't have this problem.
 * src/Makefile and lib-src/Makefile are truncated--most of the file missing.
 This can happen if configure uses GNU sed version 2.03.  That version
 had a bug.  GNU sed version 2.05 works properly.
 Most of the functions in GNU Emacs return type Lisp_Object, which is
 defined as a union on some rare architectures.
 This problem will not happen if the m-...h file for your type
 of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.  That is the recommended setting now.
+* `Error: No ExtNode to pop!' on Linux systems with Lesstif.
+This error message has been observed with lesstif-0.75a.  It does not
+appear to cause any harm.
+* Sparc Linux -vs- libXmu.
+There have been reports of configure not detecting libXmu on
+SparcLinux.  The fix is to add -lXmu to the link flags.
+* Debian Linux and Berkeley db include files.
+Debian Linux puts the Berkeley db include files in /usr/include/db
+instead of /usr/include.  The fix is to use
+--site-includes=/usr/include/db with configure.
+* Signaling: (error "Byte code stack underflow (byte compiler bug), pc 38")
+This error is given when XEmacs v20 is compiled without MULE support
+but is attempting to load a .elc which requires MULE support.  The fix
+is to rebytecompile the offending file.
+* alloc.c will not compile without -P on HP-UX 9.05
+Pekka Marjola <pema@iki.fi> writes:
+Gcc (2.7.2, with cpplib IIRC) required something (-P worked :) to get
+it to compile. Otherwise it failed on those DEFUN macros with comments
+inside parameter lists (like buffer.c, line 296).
+* Excessive optimization with Gcc-2.7.2 and pgcc can break XEmacs
+It has been reported on some systems that compiling with -O6 can lead
+to XEmacs failures.  The workaround is to use a lower optimization
+level.  -O2 and -O4 have been tested extensively.
+* -O2 optimization on Irix 5.3 can cause compiler complaint.
+Nick J. Crabtree <nickc@scopic.com> writes:
+Comes up OK on a tty (all I have available over this slow link). Ill
+give it a hammering tomorrow.  The -O2 optimisation complained about
+sizes exceeding thresholds; I haven't bothered to use the -Olimit
+option it recommends.
+* Excessive optimization on AIX 4.2 can lead to compiler failure.
+Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:
+At least at the b34 level, and the latest-and-greatest IBM xlc
+(3.1.4.4), there are problems with -O3.  I haven't investigated
+further.
+* Sed problems on Solaris 2.5
+There have been reports of Sun sed truncating very lines in the
+Makefile during configuration.  The workaround is to use GNU sed.
+* CDE is not autodetected on HP.
+Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
+I have to force /usr/dt/{lib,include} into the site include/lib
+command line options. I could add these in hpux10.h, but then I would
+think these should be pretty standard (to my knowledge, that's also
+where Sun puts its CDE stuff), so that wouldn't fix the problem on
+other architectures. AAMOF, when these path are given, CDE is
+detected, and DragAndDrop works (more or less, see next issue).
+* Signalling: (wrong-type-argument ...) when loading mail-abbrevs
+The is seen when installing the Big Brother Data Base (bbdb) which
+includes an outdated copy of mail-abbrevs.el.  Remove the copy that
+comes with bbdb and use the one that comes with XEmacs.

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