Emacs will not execute, always reports 24.5.1 as version

[Brian Kuhn]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> wrote:
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> On 8/1/2016 5:16 PM, Brian Kuhn wrote:
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>>>> Thanks for the response. Same result with 'emacs -Q' as well, i'm afraid.
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>>>
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>>> Then maybe an strace will help.  Please give the following command:
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>>>   strace -o strace.out /usr/bin/emacs-nox.exe -Q
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>> This is interseting.
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>> $ strace -o strace.out /usr/bin/emacs-nox.exe -Q
>> Segmentation fault
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>
> Is it emacs that's crashing or strace?  You should be able to tell by looking for a *.stackdump file in the current directory.

I will have to look when I get back to work.
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> If it's emacs, can you try running it under gdb to see if you can get a backtrace?  (You would have to install gdb and emacs-debuginfo.)

Don't mind at all.  I'll have to do that when I get back to work.

>
> My best guess at this point is that your problem is caused by https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda .
>

It would not surprise me to discover that the problem was *something*
installed by the, ahem, sheriffs in the night hours.   I'll have to
compare the lists.

> Ken
>
> P.S. I'm going on vacation tomorrow and will have limited time to help you over the next couple weeks.
>

Enjoy!  Please don't even try then :)

For grins, I installed cygwin on my home PC just now.  And everything
works swimmingly well.  Also Win 10 PRO system (but yes, different
motherboard, different video cards, no corporate Active Directory).


Brian

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