Re: [Mac-emacs-users] 'Fatal error (6).Abort'

[Andrew C. <ak...@sh...>]

> [...]  WRT, the security update, I think the problem might be in the
> whole unexec process.  That is where a preliminary emacs (just
> compiled C code) reads in a bunch of lisp and then spits itself out
> as an executable (so I doesn't take too long to load up).  I have
> found that when I try to run update_prebinding, it complains that it
> cannot update Emacs.  Since update_prebinding is what the installer
> does when it says "Optimizing" I assumed that unexec might not be
> spitting out the right prebinding.  However, older versions of emacs
> I had lying around seemed to still work after the update so I could
> be barking up the wrong tree.
> 
> Maybe the author of the unexmacosx.c code has an idea?
> 
> -Steven

Hi Steven,

I wrote unexmacosx.c but I don't know if the problem originated there.

When I installed the Security Update, I didn't notice it running
update_prebinding!  That would certainly cause the problem, because it
seems to change a few libraries.

If other people experience the same problem, perhaps they can try
running

  update_prebinding -root /

manually. Otherwise, rebuilding Emacs will certainly make it work
again.

Andrew.