GNU bug report logs - #10397
[PATCH] Under Remote Desktop, NUMCOLORS is unreliable; workaround

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>

Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 10397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: 10397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10397: [PATCH] Under Remote Desktop, NUMCOLORS is unreliable;
	workaround
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:45:44 +0100

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 17:42, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org> wrote:

> I'm not convinced there aren't other bugs lurking in the code backing
> NUMCOLORS; after all, it's doing the same simple calculation we are, and
> it's somehow doing it wrong.

You have also no proof. I don't see why should we try to fix bugs we
don't even know are real. Better to fiix the one you know it *is*
real, IMO.

> No, I can't guarantee that my original change always produces the same
> results: it might fix

or introduce

> other bugs.

    Juanma
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