From 78ce82adcebc46bc5b6a9597dd62f1374dbb2624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:36:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention core dumps inside XIM on Solaris 8. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 5c8c8fbfdd7..798bc6430bb 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -3,17 +3,22 @@ in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. * Emacs dumps core on Solaris in function IMCheckWindow. +This was reported to happen when Emacs runs with more than one frame, +and one of them is closed, either with "C-x 5 0" or from the window +manager. + This bug was reported to Sun as Gtk apps dump core in ximlocal.so.2:IMCheckIMWindow() Bug Reports: 4463537 -The bug is said to be "Integrated in Releases: s81_40" but there is no -Patch ID listed. +Installing Solaris 8 patch 108773-12 for Sparc and 108874-12 for x86 +reportedly fixes the bug, which appears to be inside the shared +library xiiimp.so. -As far as Emacs is concerned, you can configure it with -`--with-xim=no' to prevent the core dump, but will loose X input -method support, of course. +Alternatively, you can configure Emacs with `--with-xim=no' to prevent +the core dump, but will loose X input method support, of course. (You +can use Emacs's own input methods instead, if you install Leim.) * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory. -- 2.39.2