From: Jim Blandy Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 06:18:56 +0000 (+0000) Subject: entered into RCS X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/1%29.2+1-2+rpi1^2~5^2~96962 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:///%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b833a2805d593b1bd2862aa4f5883a8b3ad2c5ed;p=emacs.git entered into RCS --- diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS index 73704c78bb3..efd376fc478 100644 --- a/PROBLEMS +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -12,19 +12,18 @@ If this happens to you, extend the timeout period. * `expand-file-name' fails to work on any but the machine you dumped Emacs on. -On some systems, if you use any of the functions which look up -information in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using +On Ultrix, if you use any of the functions which look up information +in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on. -Apparently, the Yellow Pages (or Network Information Service) -functions cache information the first time they are called in the -undumped emacs, this information gets included in the dumped -executable, and it is then inaccurate if the executable is used on -another host. - The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in -anything it loads. Yuck. +anything it loads. Yuck - some solution. + +I'm not sure why this happens; if you can find out exactly what is +going on, and perhaps find a fix or a workaround, please let us know. +Perhaps the YP functions cache some information, the cache is included +in the dumped Emacs, and is then inaccurate on any other host. * On some variants of SVR4, Emacs does not work at all with X.