[debbugs-tracker] bug#24857: closed (emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd)

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regarding emacs24/25 FTBFS since a long time on GNU/Hurd
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> From: Svante Signell <address@hidden>
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> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:16:54 +0100
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> Since a long time emacs FTBFS due to unknown reasons. The latest version
> building was Debian 24.5+1-5, from 27 Nov 2015. Even before successful builds
> were by pure luck. One suspicious issue is that emacs use sbrk() for memory
> allocation, right? Notably sbrk() is not fool-proof as implemented for Hurd in
> glibc. Use of sbrk is found in files alloc.c, unexelf.c and gmalloc.c, which are
> all compiled. Avoiding compilation of ralloc.c with 0001-Default-REL_ALLOC-to-
> no.patch did not improve the situation.
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> First time I compiled emacs 25.1 from upstream it passed, second time not.
> Compiling Debian versions almost always fail. Moslty the build fails with temacs
> failing to execute: Killed. In my opionion it's a real loss not to gave a modern
> version of emacs25 available for use in GNU/Hurd (not everybody use vi).
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> Do anybody of you have an idea on how to solve this problem? Are there patches
> available already to try with?
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> Thanks in advance :)
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> On 12/08/2016 01:12 AM, Svante Signell wrote:
> > I've also successfully built different emacs tarballs and git repos. 
> > The problem is building again, or worse: to build a Debian package, 
> > which copies the whole emacs tree into three different build 
> > directories: build-x, build-nox, build-lucid, as well as rebuilding 
> > all *.elc files. See bug #24857, especially comments #86,89,92,95 of 
> > that bug, for more info where Clément Pit--Claudel did the same as you.
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> OK, but that appears to be a problem with the Debian build procedure, 
> not with Emacs per se.
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> > > So, it sounds like we can declare victory against this bug, at least for
> > > the master branch. At least, it worked for me, if you ignore the OS
> > > crashing during the build. Possibly the crash was because I didn't
> > > reboot after the 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (you didn't say to reboot, so I
> > > didn't....).
> > Sorry, I should have added <reboot> after dist-upgrade especially when
> > gnumach/hurd/glibc are updated.
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> OK. Closing the Emacs bug report.
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