Re: (Partial) Success Re: emacs23.3 issues and hurd signals

[Svante Signell]

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 19:41 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
..
> I can now get a stable freeze by writing a to a logfile during the
> build. Then the freeze happens even before dumping of emacs:
> 
> dpkg-buildpackage -b > ../build_x.log 2>&1 &
> 
> and after the first freeze (otherwise the compile never continues
> without writing to a log file)
> 
> dpkg-buildpackage -b -nc >> ../build_x.log 2>&1 & 

I've found the reason for the freeze problems:
It was due to a buggy binutils_2.21.51.20110523-1.
 
The bug causing the complete freeze is fixed by the patch
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2011-06/msg00001.html
with log message 'Properly warn relocation in readonly section in a
shared object' reported in Debian bugs 628770 (PR ld/12833) and 628916.

This is fixed in package binutils_2.21.52.20110606-1, and it is
confirmed that the emacs build no longer hangs when dumping emacs. (The
segfault problem remains). Maybe the other people having problems should
upgrade their binutils package.

BTW: I'm now using the dbg package and the kernel debugger gives the
following output after the hang:
Kernel page fault at address 0x10, eip = 0x106aa4
Kernel Page fault trap, eip 0x106aa4
kernel: Page fault (14), code=0
Stopped at 0x106aa4: cmpl 0x10(%eax),%ecx