kaboom@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Jon Maiara) (01/22/91)
>Dumping does not work. Code has been written to implement it, but >it fails because the address of bss seems to vary occasionally >between Emacs runs. That's odd; it works fine at my site. By the way, what is the purpose of all the xaix-keys junk? All it did for me was break the arrow keys under X. When I took it out, it worked. ---Jon Maiara (I really hope the address is right)
lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) (01/23/91)
In article <1133@troi.dbaccess.com>, peter@dbaccess.com (Peter A. Castro) writes: > Question, RS/6000 people, > Does anyone know what the status of the port of Emacs (I think > V 18.55) to the RS/6000 is? We are very interested it getting it. > Thanks, in advance, for any info. > Pete. > -- > Peter A. Castro INTERNET: peter@dbaccess.com // //| > c/o DB Access Inc. UUCP: {uunet,mips}!troi!peter // //|| > 2900 Gordon Avenue, Suite 101 FAX: (408) 735-0328 \\ // //-||- > Santa Clara, CA 95051-0718 TEL: (408) 735-7545 \// // || -- Emacs version 18.56, now available from prep.ai.mit.edu has full RS/6000 support, including DUMPING!!!!!! Simply get /u/emacs/emacs-18.56.tar.Z, do the normal installation stuff (like making paths.h and config.h) and it works. (use m-ibmrs6000.h and s-aix3-1.h in config.h, configure X-Windows if desired). I would like to publicly acknowledge and thank Andrew Vignaux (comp.vuw.ac.nz) for doing the work on making the dump code work reliably. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU
slh@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Scott Heyano) (01/23/91)
In article <182.279c284e@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) writes: [stuff] |Emacs version 18.56, now available from prep.ai.mit.edu has full RS/6000 |support, including DUMPING!!!!!! Simply get /u/emacs/emacs-18.56.tar.Z, do |the normal installation stuff (like making paths.h and config.h) and it works. |(use m-ibmrs6000.h and s-aix3-1.h in config.h, configure X-Windows if desired). | Are you sure dumping is working? The MACHINE file clearly states that you can produce a dump, but after some period of time the dumped executable will fail. Quote: Dumping does not work. Code has been written to implement it, but it fails because the address of bss seems to vary occasionally between Emacs runs. It does not seem to vary from minute to minute, but every few days or weeks it changes to a new steady state. When this happens, the dumped Emacs data file becomes invalid.
lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) (01/23/91)
In article <14622@june.cs.washington.edu>, slh@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Scott Heyano) writes: > In article <182.279c284e@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) writes: > [stuff] > |Emacs version 18.56, now available from prep.ai.mit.edu has full RS/6000 > |support, including DUMPING!!!!!! Simply get /u/emacs/emacs-18.56.tar.Z, do > |the normal installation stuff (like making paths.h and config.h) and it works. > |(use m-ibmrs6000.h and s-aix3-1.h in config.h, configure X-Windows if desired). > | > Are you sure dumping is working? > The MACHINE file clearly states that you can produce a dump, > but after some period of time the dumped executable will fail. > Quote: > Dumping does not work. Code has been written to implement it, but > it fails because the address of bss seems to vary occasionally > between Emacs runs. It does not seem to vary from minute to minute, > but every few days or weeks it changes to a new steady state. > When this happens, the dumped Emacs data file becomes invalid. -- The instabilities that existed seem to have been completely resolved. Earlier, (pre-mid-December), it was weird - a dumped copy would start and stop working depending on rebooting, configuration changes, room temperature, etc. Eg. A copy of Emacs would work until a reboot, a new one would be made, the second would work for a few hours, then suddenly, the second was dead, but the first worked again. However, for the past month, I have NO PROBLEMS at all (except an Emacs compiled at AIX 3002 wouldn't work on a 3001 system, for a different reason.) Is it coincidence that a week after I sent Richard Stallman the newest code to test, that 18.56 is released, with the same code? I suspect the MACHINES file was simply not updated, or the disclaimer left in, just in case. If anyone has problems, please feel free to contact me. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU
slh@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Scott Heyano) (01/24/91)
In article <KABOOM.91Jan22023416@lady-day.media-lab.media.mit.edu> kaboom@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Jon Maiara) writes: [stuff] >That's odd; it works fine at my site. By the way, what is the purpose >of all the xaix-keys junk? All it did for me was break the arrow keys >under X. When I took it out, it worked. > As I said the docs say it will fail eventually, (although Steve Rotenberg(?) says in a later article that that is no longer true) I'm running it now and will see if it will last. What's this xaix-keys junk? I didn't notice it when I installed emacs, but the cursor keys seem to work fine. I do notice that I can't <cntrl>-C it from a shell when it was started from a shell. It may also be aix or tcsh, one of them seems to be flakey at times about ^C & ^Z. Or is that normal? It's not something I try to do normally.