GNU bug report logs - #23935
25.1.50; simple reproducible crash for emacs -Q: `M-: (+ 1997 120 400)'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: unreproducible

Merged with 24692

Found in versions 25.1, 25.1.50

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Cc: 23935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23935: 25.1.50; simple reproducible crash for emacs -Q: `M-: (+ 1997 120 400)'
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:48:33 +0300

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:26:03 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 23935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:46:07 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> > Cc: 23935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > Middle/Near East was successful.  Clicking once more crashed Emacs.
> 
> Looks like your problem is more basic than just one font.  Do other
> (older) Emacs versions also crash trying to display HELLO?

One more thing to try is start Emacs like this:

  emacs -Q -xrm Emacs.fontBackend:gdi

and then see if "C-h H" crashes Emacs.
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