FWIW, I downloaded emacs24 sources from the GNU website and built emacs by hand. No problems during build/install and the resulting binaries work fine. Attaching config.log in case it offers any clues.
** Attachment added: "config.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs24/+bug/1318690/+attachment/4111654/+files/config.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Emacs Lisp, which is subscribed to emacs24 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318690 Title: emacs aborts for ppc64el in 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs24/+bug/1318690/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

