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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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 24206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, nicolas <at> petton.fr
Subject: bug#24206: 25.1; Curly quotes generate invalid strings, leading to a segfault
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:45:06 -0700

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

> Let's not cut the RC now, as unfortunately that patch fails spectacularly.

I'm rather disturbed by patches being added to emacs-25 which "fail
spectacularly". Can you please ensure that there is intensive testing being
done on these patches before pushing them to our release branch?  Thanks!

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