GNU bug report logs - #35803
26.2; Segfault when setting font-backend frame parameter from Xft to X on the initial frame

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Gramiak <agrambot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 23386, 36835, 39865

Found in versions 24.1, 25.0.50, 24.5, 26.2, 27.0.50, 25.0.95, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 35803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Alex Gramiak <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35803: 26.2;
 Segfault when setting font-backend frame parameter from Xft to X on
 the initial frame
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:18:48 -0400

merge 35803 23386
quit

Alex Gramiak <agrambot <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Recipe:
>
> 0. Use an Xft build of Emacs.
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. (set-frame-parameter nil 'font-backend '(x))
> 3. Segfault.

This is Bug#23386 "Segfault when messing with font-backend"; there are
some proposed patches there, but I'm not sure if they're ready to be
applied.
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