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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Axel Seibert <aseibert@cybernet-ag.net>
Cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: trouble dumping xemacs-20.3-b19 under NEXTSTEP
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>>>>> "Axel" == Axel Seibert <aseibert@cybernet-ag.net> writes:

Axel> Hi, everybody!
Axel> Compiling & linking temacs is not a problem, but for a few betas I
Axel> haven't been able to dump xemacs any more; make will abort with an
Axel> error message of "Bus error" in a shell, but see for yourself.
Axel> (This error used to occur with make all-elc, but not with make all; so
Axel> far there used to be a workaround, but now it happens with any
Axel> make invocation.) 

Axel> Does anybody know of a way to debug this? 

With a debugger?

Seriously, a reproducible crash where the stack isn't corrupted is a
joy to every XEmacs maintainer, since the bug can actually get fixed.
But you have to actually do the tough work of tracking down the bug in
the C sources.  You'll be a better person for it.

Martin

