Re: pkg/49378: emacs 24.3 gives segmentation fault under virtualbox

[Arjun Suresh Raji <arjun1296%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/49378; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Arjun Suresh Raji <arjun1296%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/49378: emacs 24.3 gives segmentation fault under virtualbox
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:39:16 +0530

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 Well, I forgot to update the PR. I solved this issue by resizing the stack.
 
 By default it was showing 2048(ulimit -s was 2048)
 ulimit -s 8192 #I set stack size as 8192 . 4096 -> failed
 
 This was suggested from this link
 https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2013/03/25/msg012668.html
 
 
 --
 Arjun S R
 http://about.me/arjunsr
 
 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:05 PM, David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/49378; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/49378: emacs 24.3 gives segmentation fault under
 > virtualbox
 > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 16:34:41 +0000
 >
 >  On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 04:30:01AM +0000, arjun1296%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 >   > NetBSD eden 6.1.5 NetBSD 6.1.5 (GENERIC) i386
 >   > [...]
 >   > Hi,
 >   > I installed emacs using pkgsrc as well as the pkgin tool. Both
 >   > crashed with giving a segmentation fault.
 >
 >  I suspect this is the same problem as PR 46632. In that case,
 >  compiling emacs yourself should make it go away. Although that's
 >  a fairly expensive nuisance in a slow VM.
 >
 >  (Does virtualbox have a 64-bit mode?)
 >
 >  --
 >  David A. Holland
 >  dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
 >
 >
 
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 <div dir=3D"ltr">Well, I forgot to update the PR. I solved this issue by re=
 sizing the stack.<div><br><div>By default it was showing 2048(ulimit -s was=
  2048)</div><div>ulimit -s 8192 #I set stack size as 8192 . 4096 -&gt; fail=
 ed<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>This was suggested from this link</di=
 v><div><a href=3D"https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2013/03/25/msg=
 012668.html">https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2013/03/25/msg01266=
 8.html</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br cle=
 ar=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature">--<br>Arjun S R<br><a href=
 =3D"http://about.me/arjunsr"; target=3D"_blank">http://about.me/arjunsr</a><=
 /div></div>
 <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:05 PM, David Holla=
 nd <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost"; targe=
 t=3D"_blank">dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote=
  class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli=
 d;padding-left:1ex">The following reply was made to PR pkg/49378; it has be=
 en noted by GNATS.<br>
 <br>
 From: David Holland &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost";>dholla=
 nd-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost</a>&gt;<br>
 To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost<br>
 Cc:<br>
 Subject: Re: pkg/49378: emacs 24.3 gives segmentation fault under virtualbo=
 x<br>
 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 16:34:41 +0000<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 04:30:01AM +0000, <a href=3D"mailto:arjun1296=
 @gmail.com">arjun1296%gmail.com@localhost</a> wrote:<br>
 =C2=A0 &gt; NetBSD eden 6.1.5 NetBSD 6.1.5 (GENERIC) i386<br>
 =C2=A0 &gt; [...]<br>
 =C2=A0 &gt; Hi,<br>
 =C2=A0 &gt; I installed emacs using pkgsrc as well as the pkgin tool. Both<=
 br>
 =C2=A0 &gt; crashed with giving a segmentation fault.<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0I suspect this is the same problem as PR 46632. In that case,<br>
 =C2=A0compiling emacs yourself should make it go away. Although that&#39;s<=
 br>
 =C2=A0a fairly expensive nuisance in a slow VM.<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0(Does virtualbox have a 64-bit mode?)<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0--<br>
 =C2=A0David A. Holland<br>
 =C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:dholland%netbsd.org@localhost";>dholland%netbsd.org@localhost</a><br>
 <br>
 </blockquote></div><br></div>
 
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