GNU bug report logs - #26186
25.1; Emacs compiled with --with-xwidgets segfaults when I call "xwidget-webkit-browse-url"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Oscar Belletti <belletti.oscar <at> paciunzio.istruzioneer.it>

Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 06:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 26787, 27514

Found in versions 25.1, 25.2

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Oscar Belletti <belletti.oscar <at> paciunzio.istruzioneer.it>
Cc: 26186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Guillaume Malzac <gmalzac <at> orange.fr>
Subject: bug#26186: 25.1; Emacs compiled with --with-xwidgets segfaults when I call "xwidget-webkit-browse-url"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:37:13 -0400

Oscar Belletti <belletti.oscar <at> paciunzio.istruzioneer.it> writes:

> The steps I do to reproduce the bug are:
>>$ emacs -Q
> Then in emacs:
>   M-x xwidgets-browse-url RET http://www.google.com RET
> Emacs crashes and I get this error:
>
> Fatal error 11: Segmentation fault
> [...]

A reddit user suggested[1] this is fixed now (possibly due change of
webkit version used); do you see this in 26.1?

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/98ayn3/emacs_notes_why_a_minimal_browser_when_there_is_a/e4g3zte/
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