(Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.

3877988d · Glenn Morris · 48fdddbe · 3877988d · 3877988d
Commit 3877988d authored May 17, 2007 by Glenn Morris
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+2007-05-17  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
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+	* PROBLEMS (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
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 2007-05-15  Micha,Ak(Bl Cadilhac  <michael@cadilhac.name>

 	* fr-refcard.tex: Rewrite using German layout.

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@@ -2772,6 +2772,15 @@ Remove the "#if 0" and "#endif" directives which surround this, save
 the file, and then reconfigure and rebuild Emacs.  The dumping process
 should now succeed.

+*** OpenBSD 4.0 macppc: Segfault during dumping.
+
+The build aborts with signal 11 when the command `./temacs --batch
+--load loadup bootstrap' tries to load files.el.  This seems to be a
+GCC problem specific to the macppc architecture, possibly only
+occurring with some versions of GCC.  A workaround seems to be to
+reduce the level of compiler optimization used during the build (from
+-O2 to -O1).
+
 ** Installation

 *** Installing Emacs gets an error running `install-info'.