From: Stefan Kangas Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 22:43:31 +0000 (+0100) Subject: * etc/PROBLEMS: Move some entries to the legacy section. X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~3671^2~278 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8206e418f32bc4881792146dd8a6dedba0505ac4;p=emacs.git * etc/PROBLEMS: Move some entries to the legacy section. --- diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 7aea65bf3be..e1bfc2b032b 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -2282,20 +2282,6 @@ are compiling with the system's 'cc' and CFLAGS containing '-O5'. If so, you have hit a compiler bug. Please make sure to re-configure Emacs so that it isn't compiled with '-O5'. -*** AIX 4.3.x or 4.4: Compiling fails. - -This could happen if you use /bin/c89 as your compiler, instead of -the default 'cc'. /bin/c89 treats certain warnings, such as benign -redefinitions of macros, as errors, and fails the build. A solution -is to use the default compiler 'cc'. - -*** AIX 4: Some programs fail when run in a Shell buffer -with an error message like No terminfo entry for "unknown". - -On AIX, many terminal type definitions are not installed by default. -'unknown' is one of them. Install the "Special Generic Terminal -Definitions" to make them defined. - ** Solaris We list bugs in current versions here. See also the section on legacy @@ -2347,13 +2333,6 @@ runtime shared library, distributed with Windows 9X. A workaround is to build Emacs with MinGW runtime 3.x (the latest version is 3.20). -** addpm fails to run on Windows NT4, complaining about Shell32.dll - -This is likely to happen because Shell32.dll shipped with NT4 lacks -the updates required by Emacs. Installing Internet Explorer 4 solves -the problem. Note that it is NOT enough to install IE6, because doing -so will not install the Shell32.dll update. - ** A few seconds delay is seen at startup and for many file operations This happens when the Net Logon service is enabled. During Emacs @@ -2467,15 +2446,6 @@ C:\Users\\): Look for the file 'emacs.lnk' there. -** Windows 95 and networking. - -To support server sockets, Emacs loads ws2_32.dll. If this file is -missing, all Emacs networking features are disabled. - -Old versions of Windows 95 may not have the required DLL. To use -Emacs's networking features on Windows 95, you must install the -"Windows Socket 2" update available from MicroSoft's support Web. - ** Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for MS-Windows. A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this. @@ -2512,11 +2482,6 @@ other) messages while waiting for a system function, which popped up the menu/dialog, to return the result of the dialog or pop-up menu interaction. -** Help text in tooltips does not work on old Windows versions - -Windows 95 and Windows NT up to version 4.0 do not support help text -for menus. Help text is only available in later versions of Windows. - ** Display problems with ClearType method of smoothing When "ClearType" method is selected as the "method to smooth edges of @@ -3104,15 +3069,6 @@ of PURESIZE in puresize.h. But in some of the cases listed above, this problem is a consequence of something else that is wrong. Be sure to check and fix the real problem. -*** OpenBSD 4.0 macppc: Segfault during dumping. - -The build aborts with signal 11 when the command './temacs --batch ---load loadup bootstrap' tries to load files.el. A workaround seems -to be to reduce the level of compiler optimization used during the -build (from -O2 to -O1). It is possible this is an OpenBSD -GCC problem specific to the macppc architecture, possibly only -occurring with older versions of GCC (e.g. 3.3.5). - *** openSUSE 10.3: Segfault in bcopy during dumping. This is due to a bug in the bcopy implementation in openSUSE 10.3. @@ -3267,8 +3223,51 @@ should do. pen@lysator.liu.se says (Feb 1998) that the Compose key does work if you link with the MIT X11 libraries instead of the Solaris X11 libraries. +** OpenBSD + +*** OpenBSD 4.0 macppc: Segfault during dumping. + +The build aborts with signal 11 when the command './temacs --batch +--load loadup bootstrap' tries to load files.el. A workaround seems +to be to reduce the level of compiler optimization used during the +build (from -O2 to -O1). It is possible this is an OpenBSD +GCC problem specific to the macppc architecture, possibly only +occurring with older versions of GCC (e.g. 3.3.5). + +** AIX + +*** AIX 4.3.x or 4.4: Compiling fails. + +This could happen if you use /bin/c89 as your compiler, instead of +the default 'cc'. /bin/c89 treats certain warnings, such as benign +redefinitions of macros, as errors, and fails the build. A solution +is to use the default compiler 'cc'. + +*** AIX 4: Some programs fail when run in a Shell buffer +with an error message like No terminfo entry for "unknown". + +On AIX, many terminal type definitions are not installed by default. +'unknown' is one of them. Install the "Special Generic Terminal +Definitions" to make them defined. + ** MS-Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT +*** MS-Windows 95: Networking. + +To support server sockets, Emacs loads ws2_32.dll. If this file is +missing, all Emacs networking features are disabled. + +Old versions of Windows 95 may not have the required DLL. To use +Emacs's networking features on Windows 95, you must install the +"Windows Socket 2" update available from MicroSoft's support Web. + +*** MS-Windows NT4: addpm fails to run, complaining about Shell32.dll + +This is likely to happen because Shell32.dll shipped with NT4 lacks +the updates required by Emacs. Installing Internet Explorer 4 solves +the problem. Note that it is NOT enough to install IE6, because doing +so will not install the Shell32.dll update. + *** MS-Windows NT/95: Problems running Perl under Emacs 'perl -de 0' just hangs when executed in an Emacs subshell. @@ -3332,6 +3331,11 @@ For Perl 4: } else { +*** MS-Windows NT/95: Help text in tooltips does not work + +Windows 95 and Windows NT up to version 4.0 do not support help text +for menus. Help text is only available in later versions of Windows. + *** MS-Windows 95: Alt-f6 does not get through to Emacs. This character seems to be trapped by the kernel in Windows 95.