From 0e75bdde09434633be49af8ef0439e21daed3584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nelson Ferreira Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:09:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Give a little more detail about crash reporting on MacOS X Signed-off-by: Nelson Ferreira --- PROBLEMS | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS index d10cd6e..24cda27 100644 --- a/PROBLEMS +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -275,6 +275,32 @@ Install the GNU texinfo package on your system. You'll need at least version 4.8. +** MacOS X warns of a crash during configure + +This is normal, as one of the tests made during configure (for the +realpath call correctness) induces as crash. + +If you are developing SXEmacs and will do lots of runs of configure +and that dialog annoys you, consider issuing: + + # Disable crash reporting + sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ReportCrash.Root.plist + # Redo last configure + ./config.status --recheck + # Enable crash reporting + sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ReportCrash.Root.plist + +Another alternative (not recommended) is to launch + + /Developer/Applications/Utilities/CrashReporterPrefs + +and configure the mode to server, but you will loose notifications of +crashes on all applications. + +In order to give SXEmacs developers with good diagnosis information it +is recommended the mode be Developer. + + * XEmacs Packages ================= -- 2.25.1