Re: `print' does not print

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:41:34 +0100
> From: Ralf Fassel <ralf@akutech.de>
> 
> - dumping (as compared to compiling/linking) an unmodified emacs 21.2
>   on my IRIX 6.5.15 works (even when running the resulting binary on
>   IRIX 6.5.9).  It makes no difference whether the compilation
>   directory is NFS-mounted or local.
> 
> - dumping (as compared to compiling/linking) an unmodified emacs 21.2
>   on my IRIX 6.5.9 does not work (even when running the resulting
>   binary on 6.5.15).  It makes no difference whether the compilation
>   directory is NFS-mounted or local.

Does this mean that the `print' problem also goes away in the 6.5.15
build?

If not, what does ``dumping doesn't work'' mean, exactly?  Does the
dumped Emacs crash?

Finally, does Emacs 21.1 ``work'' (in the same sense) when built on
the machine with newer OS?

Btw, the NFS-related problems were not spotted on Irix.  Most of the
reports came from GNU/Linux machines (which also use unexelf).

> Since the maintenance versions of IRIX are available free, I think it
> would be a good idea to mention this in the PROBLEMS file.

Sure, as soon as I figure out what is it that we want to say ;-)