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: ------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------ 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. -- Chris Grevstad {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!chris ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!chris ihnp4!nrcvax!chris Too many notes. There are just simply too many notes.