[debbugs-tracker] bug#2720: closed (crash)

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> error in build cvs version on Mac OS X
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> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:06:07 -0700
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> Hi all,
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> It's now actually been a couple of *years* that I've been unsuccessful  
> in building Emacs from cvs source on Mac OS X: first on my Powerpc  
> Powerbook G4, and now on my Intel Mac. The build process always balks  
> at the bootstrap stage with the following message:
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> Loading loadup.el (source)...
> Using load-path (/home/ritesh/pkg/emacs/lisp /home/ritesh/pkg/emacs/ 
> lisp/emacs-lisp \
> 	/home/ritesh/pkg/emacs/lisp/language /home/ritesh/pkg/emacs/lisp/ 
> international \
>         /home/ritesh/pkg/emacs/lisp/textmodes)
> Loading emacs-lisp/byte-run (compiled; note, source file is newer)...
> Invalid coding system: emacs-mule
> make[1]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 255
> make: *** [src] Error 2
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> My build environment is quite pristine, no libraries from fink, etc.,  
> interfering with those installed by Xcode.
> Here's how I run configure
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> CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-pointer-sign"
> ./configure                             \
> --enable-locallisppath=$HOME/elisp      \
> --without-pop                           \
> --without-kerberos                      \
> --without-kerberos5                     \
> --without-sound                         \
> --without-x                             \
> -without-toolkit-scroll-bars            \
> --without-dbus                          \
> --without-gpm                           \
> --with-ns                               \
> --enable-cocoa-experimental-ctrl-g      
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> Although I don't understand the last option, the build fails with or  
> without it.
> It might not be a bug after all, but I have seen update after update  
> to the cvs repository but the build failure refuses to go away. It's  
> in sheer frustration that I'm resorting to sending a mail to the bugs  
> list. Hopefully someone can figure out the problem, or has seen this  
> issue elsewhere.
> Help much appreciated,
> Ritesh.
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> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:03:09 -0500
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> Sorry no-one ever investigated your crash. After so much time, I don't
> think we can do anything without a recipe to produce this issue. If it
> happens again with the current version of Emacs (currently 24.2), please
> make a new report and hopefully we do better next time.
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