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| author | Jim Blandy | 1993-03-11 06:18:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Blandy | 1993-03-11 06:18:56 +0000 |
| commit | b833a2805d593b1bd2862aa4f5883a8b3ad2c5ed (patch) | |
| tree | f108904fa87d777e93e95509b86ba36105a00c9b /PROBLEMS | |
| parent | 0f7a8fee2ba75b86e0cb9d3fb1dce402f232cca7 (diff) | |
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| @@ -12,19 +12,18 @@ If this happens to you, extend the timeout period. | |||
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 15 | On some systems, if you use any of the functions which look up | 15 | On Ultrix, if you use any of the functions which look up information |
| 16 | information in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using | 16 | in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using |
| 17 | expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work | 17 | expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work |
| 18 | in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on. | 18 | in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on. |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Apparently, the Yellow Pages (or Network Information Service) | ||
| 21 | functions cache information the first time they are called in the | ||
| 22 | undumped emacs, this information gets included in the dumped | ||
| 23 | executable, and it is then inaccurate if the executable is used on | ||
| 24 | another host. | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in | 20 | The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in |
| 27 | anything it loads. Yuck. | 21 | anything it loads. Yuck - some solution. |
| 22 | |||
| 23 | I'm not sure why this happens; if you can find out exactly what is | ||
| 24 | going on, and perhaps find a fix or a workaround, please let us know. | ||
| 25 | Perhaps the YP functions cache some information, the cache is included | ||
| 26 | in the dumped Emacs, and is then inaccurate on any other host. | ||
| 28 | 27 | ||
| 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. |
| 30 | 29 | ||