Re: emacs-19.34 segfauls when built with Xfree 4.3.0 (glibc 2.3.x,gcc 3.2)

[Hin-Tak Leung]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     As it turns out, the solution (adding '-z nocombreloc' to LDFLAGS)
>     fixes problem with building current version of emacs as well.
>
> That is very strange.  The current version (21.3) contains code to use
> those options automatically--see src/s/gnu-linux.h.  Can you debug why
> this automatic mechanism failed to work for you?
>

I have to apologise for jumping to conclusion on this. I saw the other
bug report against CVS with an almost identical set up (very up-to-date
system) and same symtome, (segfault in X, works alright in -nw, dies
in XtInitializeWidgetClass ()), but have not verified it being the
underlying cause on current CVS myelf. I will try to either confirm or
correct that when I get round to it.

On the other hand, there was a somewhat curious bahavior with 19.34.
   LDFLAGS=... ./configure
breaks, but
    export LDFLAGS=...
    ./configure
works. I know they are different and there is no reason why one should
work the same as the other. Nonetheless, mentioning this might be
a useful piece of info to somebody.