Re: emacs 22.1 on hp-ux 11.11 core dumps when DISPLAY not set

[Glenn Morris]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> So what about USG systems.  There is no problem with USG 5.4.
> Are the USG 5.3 derivatives totally gone now?

No idea, sorry.

>     fringe.c      init_fringe_bitmap
>     gtkutil.c     menu_grab_callback, xg_separator_p
>     image.c       our_memory_fill_input_buffer, gif_load
>     xselect.c     x_reply_selection_request
>
> I think we may as well fix the last four, unless that is hard.  Can
> you fix them?

I guess so. Do I just move all static variables to file scope,
irrespective of type? Does it matter whether they are explicitly
initialized, or if the values never change?

> alloca.c is not an issue.  It checks for #define static and gives an
> error.  It is also surely obsolete since 15 years ago; let's delete it
> and its whole support mechanism in Emacs 23.

Remove src/alloca.c from the trunk, you mean?