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?)
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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost