Re: Question about pure space

[Gerd Möllmann]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,  rpluim@gmail.com,
>>   schwab@suse.de,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:42:02 +0200
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> Eli thought it was too early.
>> >> Time has passed since, so it might be worth another try.
>> >
>> > I will only support removing pure-space when we remove the unexec
>> > build.
>> 
>> Can I ask what the problem with removing unexec is?
>
> Just the decision we need to make.  It means dropping the MSDOS port
> and also the only kind of build that currently works on old Windows 9X
> systems.  Maybe others as well (if there are configurations that still
> don't support pdumper), I don't know.

Thanks!