Re: pkg/46632: i386 emacs can't be build in 32bit emulation on amd64

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46632; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46632: i386 emacs can't be build in 32bit emulation on amd64
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:16:53 +0000

 On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:20:06AM +0000, Mark Davies wrote:
  >  I think I'm striking a different variant of this bug (or a related 
  >  one).
  >  
  >  emacs built on real 5.99.59/i386, runs fine on that machine.  runs 
  >  fine on real 6.0_RC1/i386.  segfaults on 6.0_RC1 XEN3PAE_DOMU i386.
  >  
  >  emacs built on 6.0_RC1 XEN3PAE_DOMU i386, runs fine on that machine 
  >  segfaults on 6.0_RC1/i386.
 
 If you get a chance, can you try two things:
 
 (1) run nm -n on both binaries and check how (if at all) the memory
 layout differs;
 
 (2) check if the pre-dump temacs generated during the build has the
 same problem.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost