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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:20:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "J. Lien" <j-lien@lazy.joss.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: i386/13765: memory problem: compilation of emacs dies during dumping 
Message-ID:  <199909201920.MAA40591@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR i386/13765; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "J. Lien" <j-lien@lazy.joss.com>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/13765: memory problem: compilation of emacs dies during dumping 
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:57:24 -0400

 > I understand that what you're seeing makes you think that, but I just
 > compiled emacs20.4 downloaded from the GNU site on my own box.
 
 Did you use only 8 megs of memory?  If not, it works for me as well.
 That is how I dumped emacs, I put the disk drive in another machine with
 more memory.
 
 > Of course, but since it's not easy to reproduce, it's probably not worth
 > pursuing, given the level of detail you've provided.
 
 Ah!  But it IS easy to reproduce!  For me, I can do it any time!
 I have saved the non-dumped compiled emacs, so I just have to type
 "make" to freeze the computer.  After that, it switches between 
 virtual consoles, but I am unable to log in or get any response from
 any other console.
 
 To make it easier to repat and debug:  Tell me exactly what to do,
 what to load, etc, and I will give you exact debugging info.  That
 is since I know it is difficult to reproduce on other machines.
 I could possibly even set the machine up on-line and let you remotely
 log in and run the same thing.  That is if you really have an interest.
 
 I can most likely also borrow more memory and try with more memory,
 or different 8 meg memory, but only if you are interested.
 
 It reproduces every time here.  The same physical machine compiled 
 exactly the same emacs running OpenBSD.  The same machine running the
 now installed FreeBSD compiled bash without problems.  So, it must be
 a memory management bug, or possibly a very strange hardware error
 that only affects emacs-loading-and-dumping under FreeBSD...
 
 Anyway, Thanks for your replies!
 
 /Jan Lien
 
 


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