GNU bug report logs - #36166
27.0.50; Crash visiting HELLO when fringe-mode is disabled

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #9 received at 36166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36166: 27.0.50;
 Crash visiting HELLO when fringe-mode is disabled
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:51:31 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 17:26:57 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:
    Eli> This appears to be NS-specific: the NS version of the
    Eli> compute_glyph_string_overhangs method is very different from the X and
    Eli> w32 versions, and lacks some safety devices.  (I did try the recipe on
    Eli> w32, and didn't see any crashes.)

w32 and X both check s->cmp, at least (although even then they check
slightly different conditions), and they also handle COMPOSITE_GLYPH
differently.

Itʼs easy enough to chuck in a check for font being NULL, but that
feels like the wrong solution (and I donʼt know this code at all).

Robert
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