On 2007-08-20 03:06, Subhro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have just downloaded and compiled emacs a little while ago. The > emacs version number says 22.1.1. It seems as if there is some memory > handling bug in the GTK part of emacs. The application dumps core > every time when I try to open a file from the menu. I have also had a > word with the devs on #emacs on irc.freenode.net. They have confirmed > the bugs and also told that there has been some patches which are > available in the cvs. They are to be integrated in the next release > (22.2, most likely) but that would again be about a month maybe more > from today. > > However to restore the stability of emacs I would request you to > kindly integrate the said patches.
Many thanks for taking the time to investigate this. The crashes when GTK+ is enabled are a long-standing annoyance with FreeBSD's malloc() implementation and the internal gmalloc.c of GNU Emacs. It was finally resolved properly a few days earlier. I have integrated the patches to at least the editors/emacs-devel port, and I am testing the build of the new Emacs these days. I apologize for leaving the port stale for so long, but it's a fairly big moving target right now, with the release of GNU Emacs 22.2 in the works. The integration of the patches may require a bit of care though, since a lot of GNU software has switched to GPLv3 and I am a bit unsure about the proper way to integrate GPLv3 code with our Ports tree. In the meantime, when I have finished testing the patches to fix the GTK+ crashes you experienced, I'll open a PR so everyone can look at the changes, and/or test them a bit more. - Giorgos _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
