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authorJim Blandy1993-03-11 06:18:56 +0000
committerJim Blandy1993-03-11 06:18:56 +0000
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13* `expand-file-name' fails to work on any but the machine you dumped Emacs on. 13* `expand-file-name' fails to work on any but the machine you dumped Emacs on.
14 14
15On some systems, if you use any of the functions which look up 15On Ultrix, if you use any of the functions which look up information
16information in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using 16in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using
17expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work 17expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work
18in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on. 18in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on.
19 19
20Apparently, the Yellow Pages (or Network Information Service)
21functions cache information the first time they are called in the
22undumped emacs, this information gets included in the dumped
23executable, and it is then inaccurate if the executable is used on
24another host.
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26The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in 20The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in
27anything it loads. Yuck. 21anything it loads. Yuck - some solution.
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23I'm not sure why this happens; if you can find out exactly what is
24going on, and perhaps find a fix or a workaround, please let us know.
25Perhaps the YP functions cache some information, the cache is included
26in the dumped Emacs, and is then inaccurate on any other host.
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29* On some variants of SVR4, Emacs does not work at all with X. 28* On some variants of SVR4, Emacs does not work at all with X.
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