Manuel Giraud <[email protected]> writes: > Jeremie Courreges-Anglas <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 05:32:25PM +0200, Manuel Giraud wrote: >> [...] >>> But now I'm wondering why I have such a misbehavior by building myself >>> from source (note that I need this because I'm working on the main Emacs >>> branch). >> >> I'd rather not compile emacs from source right now, but here are two >> guesses: >> 1. the compilation doesn't use the same CFLAGS in the port and in the >> git main branch >> 2. the automatic loading of additional gdb helpers eats a lot of ram > > Thanks Jeremie! That was this second point. I was doing 'M-x gdb' from > the Emacs source directory which consequently loads the .gdbinit here. > Calling the same command from a different directory and now the Emacs > subprocess is normally fast and usable. > > This bundled .gdbinit defines lots of useful commands but I could select > some only. Thanks again.
FTR, it wasn't the .gdbinit either but the recommended "-g3" CFLAGS. A simple "-g" does not expose this problem. -- Manuel Giraud
