Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:02:04 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, keramida@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: emacs-22.0.99_1 Message-ID: <20070820100203.GA2580@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <b2807d040708191436g38186ce6l73a7bb46bd42800b@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2807d040708191436g38186ce6l73a7bb46bd42800b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2007-08-20 03:06, Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have just downloaded and compiled emacs a little while ago. The > emacs version number says 22.1.1. It seems as if there is some memory > handling bug in the GTK part of emacs. The application dumps core > every time when I try to open a file from the menu. I have also had a > word with the devs on #emacs on irc.freenode.net. They have confirmed > the bugs and also told that there has been some patches which are > available in the cvs. They are to be integrated in the next release > (22.2, most likely) but that would again be about a month maybe more > from today. > > However to restore the stability of emacs I would request you to > kindly integrate the said patches. Many thanks for taking the time to investigate this. The crashes when GTK+ is enabled are a long-standing annoyance with FreeBSD's malloc() implementation and the internal gmalloc.c of GNU Emacs. It was finally resolved properly a few days earlier. I have integrated the patches to at least the editors/emacs-devel port, and I am testing the build of the new Emacs these days. I apologize for leaving the port stale for so long, but it's a fairly big moving target right now, with the release of GNU Emacs 22.2 in the works. The integration of the patches may require a bit of care though, since a lot of GNU software has switched to GPLv3 and I am a bit unsure about the proper way to integrate GPLv3 code with our Ports tree. In the meantime, when I have finished testing the patches to fix the GTK+ crashes you experienced, I'll open a PR so everyone can look at the changes, and/or test them a bit more. - Giorgos
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