GNU bug report logs - #18361
New 'sort' implementation can crash Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:26:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: dmantipov <at> yandex.ru, 18361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18361: New 'sort' implementation can crash Emacs
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:20:18 +0300

> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 21:46:35 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: 18361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmantipov <at> yandex.ru
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > why are we importing the qsort_r module from gnulib
> 
> We're not.  Emacs is merely importing gnulib's stdlib module, which now 
> has placeholders (unused by Emacs) for qsort_r, just as it has 
> placeholders for all GNU functions it might define.

OK, thanks.  I guess what fooled me was this part of the commit
message:

  Sync from gnulib, incorporating:
  2014-08-29 qsort_r: new module, for GNU-style qsort_r
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