Re: `exec shield' test in configure too strict?

[Jan D.]

> > > and so emacs refuses to configure -- but if disable this test by 
> > > doing:
> > >
> > >   $ make ac_cv_file__proc_sys_kernel_exec_shield=no
> > >
> > > Then Emacs configures and dumps just fine, despite not using 
> > > `setarch'.
> >
> > Does that machine have a /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize file?
>
> Yes:
>
>    $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
>    1
>
> > It is the random start address of the heap that makes dumping fail.

I have checked in a test that runs a program and sees if the heap start
address is random.  Can you try it on the Debian-with-a-Redhat-kernel
machine (I forgot its name)?

        Jan D.