GNU bug report logs - #10674
24.0.92; cmdproxy.exe fork-bomb

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: sjm <at> spamcop.net

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:50:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.0.92

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at 10674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sjm <at> spamcop.net
Cc: 10674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10674: 24.0.92; cmdproxy.exe fork-bomb
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:08:41 +0200
> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:35 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 10674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:31:43 +0000
> > From: Simon Morgan <sjm <at> spamcop.net>
> > CC: 10674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > > (I can program around "Access denied", but I'd like to try to
> > > understand the cause before that.)
> > 
> > Pretty sure it's a permissions thing. When I unzip the emacs 
> > distribution to my desktop and run it from there, cmdproxy doesn't 
> > infinitely respawn and customize-browse works as it should.
> 
> OK.  I guess there are some permission problems with C:\ or something.
> 
> I will come up with some work-around.

A fixed trial version was sent off-list.

Simon, please tell here if it fixes the problem, and I will then
commit the changes to the development repo.

TIA




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