GNU bug report logs - #13726
24.2; OS X crashes when closing emacs with /sudo:: buffers.

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Packages: ns, emacs;

Reported by: David Alkire <david.alkire <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:21:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: notabug

Merged with 13682, 13799, 13901, 14119, 14478

Found in versions 24.2, 24.3

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 13726-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: David Alkire <david.alkire <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13726-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13726: 24.2;
	OS X crashes when closing emacs with /sudo:: buffers.
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:19:28 -0500

tags 13726 notabug
thanks

> When running emacs in OS X using the -nw flag, if I open a few buffers
> with sudo privs using C-x C-f /sudo::/path/to/file (Tramp), when I close
> emacs later in the day, it crashes the whole OS and my computer restarts.

If the OS crashes, it means there's a bug in the OS, not in Emacs.
Of course, it might be triggered by a bug in Emacs, but we can't really
investigate it when the OS crashes from under us.


        Stefan
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