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Subject: i386/13765: memory problem: compilation of emacs dies during dumping
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>Number:         13765
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       memory problem: compilation of emacs dies during dumping
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 15 11:00:02 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jan lien
>Release:        3.2-stable
>Organization:
self
>Environment:
I do not have this.  It is a 486sx 25 with 8 mb of memory.   13 GB disk.
>Description:
compilation of emacs 20.4 from gnu archive dies.  When emacs is compiled
a lot of modules are loaded, and then dumped as "emacs".  This is when
FreeBSD totally hangs.  All other virtual consoles are frozen.  It dies
repeatedly at the same point.

The machine is a 486sx 25 mhz with 8 mb of memory.  This indicates that
it is a memory management problem in FreeBSD.  Note:  same emacs compiles
and dumps with no problems, on the same computer, using OpenBSD 2.5.
So it is not a hardware problem.
>How-To-Repeat:
"make"   Dumping of emacs always stops, at the same point.  I can
send you a copy of the emacs in question, but that would not help.

If you tell me exactly what to do to extract more information, I can 
repeat the problem on my machine.
>Fix:
Use another machine with more memory to compile.  "make" finishes with
no problems there, using the same emacs.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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