From 1ebfc51b1750880332d60d311de42801f57ffe14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:44:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention XIM-related crashes on Solaris 8. --- etc/MACHINES | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/MACHINES b/etc/MACHINES index 1cdadc13fa4..e01a1b7fee7 100644 --- a/etc/MACHINES +++ b/etc/MACHINES @@ -996,6 +996,12 @@ Sun 3, Sun 4 (sparc), Sun 386 (m68k-sun-sunos, sparc-sun-sunos, i386-sun-sunos, As of version 2.95, GCC doesn't support the 64-bit ABI properly, but later releases may. + Some versions of Solaris 8 have a bug in their XIM (X Input Method) + implementation which causes Emacs to dump core when one of several + frames is closed. To avoid this, either install patch 108773-12 + (for Sparc) or 108874-12 (for x86), or configure Emacs with the + `--with-xim=no' switch (you can use Leim input methods instead). + On Solaris 2.7, building Emacs with WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 failed, apparently with non-default CFLAGS, most probably due to compiler bugs. Using Sun Solaris 2.7 Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C -- 2.39.2