[comp.emacs] Problem installing 18.39

dsill@NSWC-OAS.ARPA (03/18/87)

Hi,

I'm trying to install v18.39 (emacs hasn't been installed here before).
I'm on a CCI Power 6/32, which I understand is also known as a tahoe, so
I used m-tahoe.h and s-bsd4-2.h.  When I run build-install I get the following:

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make -f xmakefile  xemacs
./temacs -batch -l inc-vers
Loading inc-vers...
New Emacs version will be 18.39.3
./temacs -batch -l loadup.el dump
Loading loadup.el...
Symbol's value as variable is void: *

*** Error code 255
*** Error code 1
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Which sounds a lot like the insufficient swapping space error described in
PROBLEMS and INSTALL.  As far as I can tell, I should have plenty of swap
space available.  How can I verify how much I have?  Is there anything else
that can cause this error?

Thanks.

Dave Sill
dsill@nswc-oas.arpa

chris@nrcvax.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) (03/21/87)

dsill@NSWC-OAS.ARPA says:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to install v18.39 (emacs hasn't been installed here before).
>I'm on a CCI Power 6/32, which I understand is also known as a tahoe, so
>I used m-tahoe.h and s-bsd4-2.h.  When I run build-install I get the following:
>
>------------------------------------------------
>make -f xmakefile  xemacs
>./temacs -batch -l inc-vers
>Loading inc-vers...
>New Emacs version will be 18.39.3
>./temacs -batch -l loadup.el dump
>Loading loadup.el...
>Symbol's value as variable is void: *
>
>*** Error code 255
>*** Error code 1
>------------------------------------------------

I had a problem that exhibited the identical symptom.  It turns out that our
alloca() (This is on an ISI V16, running 3.05) was broken.  Once I fixed that
(and it took FOREVER to find that bug), everything worked just fine.  If you
look in alloca.s (of the GNU distribution) you will find comments about broken
alloca()'s.

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