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diff PROBLEMS @ 278:90d73dddcdc4 r21-0b37
Import from CVS: tag r21-0b37
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:31:29 +0200 |
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--- a/PROBLEMS Mon Aug 13 10:30:38 2007 +0200 +++ b/PROBLEMS Mon Aug 13 10:31:29 2007 +0200 @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ --*- mode:outline -*- + -*- mode:outline -*- + This file describes various problems that have been encountered in compiling, installing and running XEmacs. It has been updated for XEmacs 21.0. -This file is large, but we have tried to sort the entries by their -respective relevance for XEmacs, but may have not succeeded completely -in that task. The file is divided into four parts: +This file is rather large, but we have tried to sort the entries by +their respective relevance for XEmacs, but may have not succeeded +completely in that task. The file is divided into four parts: - Problems with building XEmacs - Problems with running XEmacs @@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ new versions of the compiler should run fine. ** On HPUX, the HP C compiler might have a problem compiling some files - with optimization. +with optimization. Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes: @@ -185,6 +186,19 @@ You can get these standard X tools by anonymous FTP to hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com. Essentially all X programs need these. +** On HP-UX, problems with make + +Marcus Thiessel <marcus_thiessel@hp.com> + + Some releases of XEmacs require GNU make to build successfully. + +** On HP-UX 9.05 XEmacs won't compile or coredump during the build. + +Marcus Thiessel <marcus_thiessel@hp.com> + + This might be a sed problem. For your own safety make sure to use + GNU sed while dumping XEmacs. + ** Solaris 2.3 /bin/sh coredumps during configuration. This only occurs if you have LANG != C. This is a known bug with @@ -485,13 +499,18 @@ mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the build directory copy is ineffective. -** XEmacs crashes on Digital Unix when dealing with large compilation -buffers. +** XEmacs crashes on Digital Unix within font-lock, or when dealing +with large compilation buffers. -This is a known problem with the regexp code, that uses alloca -extensively, and overflows the stack in case of complex regexp -matches. As a workaround, you can recompile with REGEX_MALLOC -defined. +The default stack size under Digital Unix is rather small (2M as +opposed to Solaris 8M), hosing the regexp code, which uses alloca() +extensively, overflowing the stack when complex regexps are used. +Workarounds: + +1) Increase your stack size, using `ulimit -s 8192' or a (t)csh + equivalent; + +2) Recompile regex.c with REGEX_MALLOC defined. ** On Solaris, C-x doesn't get through to Emacs when you use the console. @@ -1362,7 +1381,7 @@ funding, and all work is done by volunteers. If you think you can help, please contact the XEmacs maintainers. -** XEmacs/Mule doesn't work on a tty. +** XEmacs/Mule doesn't support TTY's satisfactorily. This is a major problem, which we plan to address in a future release of XEmacs. Basically, XEmacs should have primitives to be told