GNU bug report logs - #24206
25.1; Curly quotes generate invalid strings, leading to a segfault

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #94 received at 24206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, johnw <at> gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,
 nicolas <at> petton.fr, 24206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24206: 25.1; Curly quotes generate invalid strings, leading
 to a segfault
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:37:39 -0700

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I preferred to install one of the 2 patches I posted yesterday.

Let's not cut the RC now, as unfortunately that patch fails spectacularly. (I 
didn't test it yesterday; I tested your other patch, which is obviously better.) 
To reproduce the problem, run emacs -Q and "C-h f car RET"; Emacs will display 
"Wrong type argument: integer-or-marker-p, nil" instead of help.

The attached patch to emacs-25 fixes the problem. It makes the code functionally 
equivalent to the other of the 2 patches that you posted yesterday, and is 
simpler. OK to install in emacs-25?

[0001-Fix-wrong-type-argument-bug-with-C-h-f.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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