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Re: closure api problems

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:43:16PM +0000, Andrew Haley wrote:
> Aaron Patterson wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:45:36PM +0000, Andrew Haley wrote:
> >> Aaron Patterson wrote:
> >>> I'm running 64bit OS X (Snow Leopard).  Any help would be greatly
> >>> appreciated!
> >> I think Snow Leopard forbids exec permission on data memory.
> >> You need to make sure that FFI_MMAP_EXEC_WRIT is set in closures.c.
> > 
> > That seems to fix it.  Is it safe to define that constant for all
> > platforms?  Or just Snow Leopard?
> 
> We could do it for all Sarwin.
> 
> > Are you planning a permanent fix for master?
> 
> Not me, because I can't test it.  Patches welcome.

No problem.  I can patch and test.  How do I run the test suite?

I apologize because I'm fairly new to the code base, and the test target
seems to elude me.

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Aaron Patterson
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