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| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2009-11-20 21:40:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2009-11-20 21:40:00 +0000 |
| commit | abbdc6a07b34911e98d2877f545a33b77fd0df6d (patch) | |
| tree | c5997d6f397327877418cf3ad0bb3eee654cb6b5 | |
| parent | 6aeaa3dcde4b682244b26b2f1443d9810bd1a3c9 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-abbdc6a07b34911e98d2877f545a33b77fd0df6d.tar.gz | |
* PROBLEMS (http): Add workaround for Cygwin crash.
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2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index 0b134576973..3811063d5d8 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-11-20 Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> (tiny change) + + * PROBLEMS (http): Add workaround for Cygwin crash. + 2009-11-17 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> * NEWS: Mention dynamic font changes (font-use-system-font). diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index eb1e362cc71..acc5ff996a1 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -252,8 +252,19 @@ A typical error message is Emacs supplies its own malloc, but glib (part of Gtk+) calls memalign and on Cygwin, that becomes the Cygwin supplied memalign. As malloc is not the -Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always returns ENOSYS. A fix for this -problem would be welcome. +Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always returns ENOSYS. + +One workaround is to set G_SLICE=always-malloc before starting emacs. +For example, in bash, + + G_SLICE=always-malloc emacs + +or put + + export G_SLICE=always-malloc + +in one of the bash startup files. This also has to be done before +building emacs on Cygwin with Gtk+. * General runtime problems |