Re: pkg/47992 (emacs23 and emacs24 i386/6.1 pre-compiled binaries fail)

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47992; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gson%gson.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/47992 (emacs23 and emacs24 i386/6.1 pre-compiled binaries
 fail)
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:23:55 +0200 (CEST)

 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: maya%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > State-Changed-When: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:45:38 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Are binary emacs packages still a problem?
 > Note for information: this is an issue because emacs will dump
 > its memory and restore it, and it is thus sensitive to
 > difference in allowable memory ranges.
 
 I just tried installing a binary package for emacs25-nox11 (since
 emacs25 apparently isn't available, possibly due to svg/rust) on
 NetBSD/i386 8.1, and there it worked.  I beleive the emacs23 and
 emacs24 packages have been removed from pkgsrc in the mean time,
 so I can't exactly reproduce the problem, although this is an
 indication that it's solved.
 
 Wasn't the problem that the pkg build hosts ran the PAE i386
 variant in Xen(?), and that this was incompatible with native
 i386 address space layout?  Not sure how that has changed since
 the problem was reported.
 
 Best regards,
 
 - H=E5vard