[Success] XEmacs 21.5-b27 crashes nastily on current Debian 'sid'

Stephen J. Turnbull turnbull at sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
Sat Jun 10 06:55:36 EDT 2006 

I just updated my Debian system, which included a bunch of X11.7.0
X.org updates as well as glibc, and probably miscellaneous libraries
too.

It crashes on startup on X11.  The first crashes I got were in the
tabs code, but it now crashes without the tabs, and I've seen crashes
in the specifier code.  I've tried with and without union-type, too.
It doesn't seem to be a gcc issue, although that's updated from 4.0 to
4.1 with this update, as I'd had no trouble with 4.0, and building
with --with-compiler=gcc-4.0 doesn't help.  I'm also getting similar
crashes from old binaries.

Starting with -nw seems to avoid the crash, so it's probably something
X or maybe Xft related.

I really don't have a clue what's going on yet, but bleeding-edge
Debian users probably should be very careful.

> XEmacs Build Report generated by emacs-version
> 21.5  (beta27) "fiddleheads" (+CVS-20060609) XEmacs Lucid
> with system-configuration
> i686-pc-linux
> follows:

> Contents of /playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/Installation:
> (Output from most recent run of ./configure)

uname -a: Linux tleepslib 2.6.14.5 #3 Sat Jan 14 17:53:58 JST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/configure '--with-mule' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-xft=emacs' '--with-widgets=no' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-debug' '--with-error-checking=all' '--with-modules' '--with-memory-usage-stats' '--with-bignum=gmp' '--with-newgc' '--with-union-type=no'


XEmacs 21.5-b27 "fiddleheads" (+CVS-20060609) configured for `i686-pc-linux'.

Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults:
  Source code location:              /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5
  Installation prefix:               /usr/local
  Operating system description file: `s/linux.h'
  Machine description file:          `m/intel386.h'
  Compiler version:                  gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20060604 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-2)
    - GCC specs file:                specs.
    - Compiler command:              gcc   -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wunused-parameter -g  
  libc version:                      GNU libc 2.3.6-15 (Debian)
  Relocating allocator for buffers:  no
  GNU version of malloc:             yes
    - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.

Window System:
  Compiling in support for the X window system:
    - X Windows headers location:                 /usr/X11R6/include
    - X Windows libraries location:               
    - Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
    - Using fontconfig to manage fonts.
    - Compiling in support for Xft antialiased fonts (EXPERIMENTAL).
  Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
    - Athena headers location:                    X11/Xaw3d
    - Athena library to link:                     Xaw3d
  Using Lucid menubars.
  Using Lucid scrollbars.
  Using Athena dialog boxes.

TTY:
  Compiling in support for ncurses.
  Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse).

Images:
  Compiling in support for GIF  images (builtin).
  Compiling in support for XPM  images.
  Compiling in support for PNG  images.
  Compiling in support for JPEG images.
  Compiling in support for TIFF images.
  Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.

Sound:
  Compiling in support for sound (native).
  Compiling in support for NAS (network audio system).

Databases:
  Compiling in support for Berkeley database.
  Compiling in support for LDAP.
  Compiling in support for PostgreSQL.
    - Using PostgreSQL header file:  postgresql/libpq-fe.h
    - Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings.

Internationalization:
  Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
  Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
    - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support.
  Compiling in support for Canna on Mule.

Mail:
  Compiling in support for "file" mail spool file locking method.

Other Features:
  Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
  Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
  Compiling in support for more number types using the GNU MP library.
  Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC).
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by
  WARNING: default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to
  WARNING: turn it off.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  Using the new incremental garbage collector and the new allocator.
  Using POSIX sigaction() to install fault handler.
  Using the new portable dumper.
  Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
  Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
  WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------


> Contents of /playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/beta.err
> keeping lines matching
> "^--\[\[\|\]\]$\|^\(cd\|n?make\)\s-\|errors?\|warnings?\|pure.*\(space\|size\)\|hides\b\|strange\|shadowings\|^Compil\(ing\s-+in\|ation\)\|^Using\|not\s-+found\|^While\s-+compiling.*\(
\s-+.+\)*\|^Note:\|Installing\|[Ff]ile(s) copied\|\s-+tests\s-+\|^[A-Z] [^ ]+$\|^Wrong number of arguments:\|^  \*\* \|^\(FAIL\|SKIP\):"
> and then deleting lines matching
> "confl.*with.*auto-inlining\|^Formatting:\|^\s-*0 .*\(failure\|error\)s?\|^PASS:\|(100%) tests successful"

running /bin/sh /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/configure  --with-mule --with-xim=xlib --with-xft=emacs,tabs,menubars,gauges --with-widgets=athena --with-dialogs=athena --with-athena=3d --with-debug --with-error-checking=all --with-modules --with-memory-usage-stats --with-bignum=gmp --with-newgc --with-union-type  --no-create --no-recursion
checking for preferred warning flags for XEMACS_CC... -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wunused-parameter
checking for preferred warning flags for CC... -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wshadow -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
checking for dlerror... yes
checking for _dlerror... no
checking for ldap_result2error... yes
checking for strerror in -lintl... no
checking for perror... yes
checking for strerror... yes
Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults:
  Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
make  all
cd ./lib-src && make  all
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lib-src/etags.c:4971: warning: value computed is not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lib-src/etags.c:5153: warning: value computed is not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lib-src/etags.c:4971: warning: value computed is not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lib-src/etags.c:5153: warning: value computed is not used
cd ./lwlib && make  all
cd ./src && make  all
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/emacs.c:3371: warning: statement with no effect
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/nas.c:243: warning: ~nas_close_down_play~ defined but not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/gc.c:1634: warning: value computed is not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/gc.c:1648: warning: value computed is not used
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/frame-x.c:786: warning: missing sentinel in function call
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/frame-x.c:791: warning: missing sentinel in function call
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/frame-x.c:890: warning: missing sentinel in function call
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:354: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 3 of ~XftTextExtents8~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:817: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ~build_ext_string~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1132: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1133: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1134: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1135: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1136: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1137: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1138: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1141: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1142: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1143: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1144: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1153: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1156: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1157: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1221: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1233: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ~FcNameParse~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1234: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1238: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1240: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1244: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1260: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1277: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1291: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1318: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/objects-x.c:1340: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:224: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ~build_ext_string~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:259: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:295: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ~FcPatternDel~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:412: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ~FcPatternGet~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:430: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ~build_ext_string~ differ in signedness
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/src/font-mgr.c:707: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ~FcObjectSetAdd~ differ in signedness
Using load-path (/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/)
Using module-load-path (/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/modules)
Generating autoloads for lisp/next-error.el...
While compiling the end of the data in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/help.el:
  ** The following functions are not known to be defined: 
    find-function, find-variable, view-scroll-lines-up
While compiling the end of the data in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/diagnose.el:
  ** the function sort-numeric-fields is not known to be defined.
While compiling forward-paragraph in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/paragraphs.el:
  ** variable multiple-lines bound but not referenced
While compiling the end of the data:
  ** the function constrain-to-field is not known to be defined.
Using load-path (/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/)
Using module-load-path (/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/modules)
Compiling /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/next-error.el...
While compiling next-error-follow-minor-mode in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/next-error.el:
  ** reference to free variable next-error-follow-minor-mode-hook
  ** reference to free variable next-error-follow-minor-mode-on-hook
  ** reference to free variable next-error-follow-minor-mode-off-hook
Wrote /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/next-error.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/gtk-iso8859-1.el:
  ** assignment to free variable character-set-property
While compiling toplevel forms in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/font.el:
  ** reference to free variable xft-font-regexp
While compiling fc-pattern-p in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/font-mgr.el:
  ** subr fc-pattern-p being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-pattern-create:
  ** subr fc-pattern-create being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-name-parse:
  ** subr fc-name-parse being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-name-unparse:
  ** subr fc-name-unparse being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-pattern-duplicate:
  ** subr fc-pattern-duplicate being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-pattern-add:
  ** subr fc-pattern-add being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-pattern-del:
  ** subr fc-pattern-del being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-pattern-get:
  ** subr fc-pattern-get being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-font-match:
  ** subr fc-font-match being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-list-fonts-pattern-objects:
  ** subr fc-list-fonts-pattern-objects being redefined as a function
While compiling fc-font-sort:
  ** subr fc-font-sort being redefined as a function
While compiling xlfd-font-name-p:
  ** subr xlfd-font-name-p being redefined as a function
While compiling the end of the data in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/msw-font-menu.el:
  ** The following functions are not known to be defined: 
    mswindows-parse-font-style, mswindows-construct-font-style
Requiring next-error...
While compiling occur-engine in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/occur.el:
  ** reference to free variable jit-lock-mode
While compiling the end of the data:
  ** the function jit-lock-fontify-now is not known to be defined.
While compiling toplevel forms in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/mule/lao-util.el:
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
While compiling the end of the data:
  ** the function make-category-table is not known to be defined.
While compiling the end of the data in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/mule/mule-msw-init-late.el:
  ** The following functions are not known to be defined: 
    mswindows-set-charset-registry, mswindows-set-charset-code-page
While compiling toplevel forms in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/mule/thai-util.el:
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
  ** define-category called with 3 arguments, but accepts only 2
While compiling the end of the data:
  ** the function make-category-table is not known to be defined.
While compiling ethio-modify-vowel in file /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/lisp/mule/ethio-util.el:
  ** decompose-composite-char is an obsolete function; use char-to-string instead.
Computing custom-loads for next-error...
cd ./modules/ldap && make  all
cd ./modules/postgresql && make  all
cd ./modules/canna && make  all
/coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/modules/canna/canna_api.c:732: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ~RkBgnBun~ differ in signedness
cd /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/man && make  info
cd ./lib-src && make  all
cd ./lwlib && make  all
cd ./src && make  all
cd ./modules/ldap && make  all
cd ./modules/postgresql && make  all
cd ./modules/canna && make  all
cd /coda/tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Software/XEmacs/21.5/man && make  info

/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/xemacs-make-install.err not found!

/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/xemacs-make-check.err not found!

/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/xemacs-make-check-temacs.err not found!

/playpen/Projects/XEmacs/Builds/21.5.26/xemacs-make-all.err not found!



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