[comp.emacs] temacs coring on SONY NWS-3860

rjc@dbrus.unify.com (Ronald Cole) (03/20/91)

emacs:  18.57
config: s-usg5-4.h and m-news-3800.h

m-news-3800.h
=========================================================================
/* m-news-3800.h is for the "RISC NEWS" running System V Release 4. */

#define COFF

#undef LOAD_AVE_CVT
#undef UNEXEC
#undef START_FILES
#undef LIB_STANDARD

#include "m-mips.h"

#undef C_ALLOCA
#define HAVE_ALLOCA
#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(alloca)
#define alloca(n) __builtin_alloca(n)
#endif

#undef START_FILES
#define START_FILES pre-crt0.o /usr/ccs/lib/crt1.o /usr/ccs/lib/values-Xt.o

#undef LIB_STANDARD
#define LIB_STANDARD GNULIB -lc /usr/ucblib/libucb.a /usr/ccs/lib/crtn.o

#undef LIBX11_SYSTEM
#define LIBX11_MACHINE -lsocket -lnsl -lgen

#undef C_SWITCH_SYSTEM
============================================================================

here is the stack trace:

dbx version 2.0
Copyright 1988 MIPS Computer Systems Inc.
Type 'help' for help.
Corefile produced from file "temacs"
Child died at pc 0x43c608 of signal : Segmentation Fault
reading symbolic information ...
[using memory image in core]
(dbx) t
>  0 make_pure_string(data = 0x82d411 = "nil", length = 3) ["alloc.c":630, 0x43c604]
   1 init_obarray() ["lread.c":1085, 0x455298]
   2 main(argc = 4, argv = 0x7ffffd14, envp = 0x7ffffd28) ["emacs.c":358, 0x41a388]

Not being an emacs hacker, can someone make heads or tails of this?

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