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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/PROBLEMS | 15 |
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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 |