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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Message #56 received at 23935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Cc: 23935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#23935: 25.1.50; simple reproducible crash for emacs -Q: `M-:
 (+ 1997 120 400)'
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:52:07 -0700 (PDT)

> > > 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.

No, it does not crash (I used runemacs instead of emacs - let me know
if that invalidates the test).

This, BTW, is what it shows for Bengali:

Bengali (বাংলা)	নমস্কার
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