* PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):

Added it again.

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 07c8ddc47e5..18ec12243c4 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-03  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
+
+        * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping): 
+        Added it again.
+
 2005-06-29  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
         * NEWS: Added an entry for Org-mode, and a change entry for
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 73fe4615bf9..b8cfbd3782d 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -2376,8 +2376,10 @@ The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2.
 *** Linux: Segfault during `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.
 
 With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core
-1 and 2), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
+1 and newer), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
 creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. 
+The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4 (and possible
+newer). Read the next item.
 
 Configure can overcome the problem of exec-shield if the architecture is
 x86 and the program setarch is present.  On other architectures no
@@ -2404,6 +2406,22 @@ command when running temacs like this:
 
     setarch i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
 
+ 
+*** Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping.
+
+In addition to exec-shield explained above "Linux: Segfault during
+`make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel"
+item, Linux kernel shipped with Fedora Core 4 randomizes the virtual
+address space of a process. As the result dumping may fail even if
+you turn off exec-shield. In this case, use the -R option to the setarch
+command:
+
+   setarch -R i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
+
+or
+
+   setarch -R i386 make bootstrap      
+
 *** Fatal signal in the command  temacs -l loadup inc dump.
 
 This command is the final stage of building Emacs.  It is run by the