GNU bug report logs - #36835
27.0.50; Segmentation fault on Cairo build (ftcrfont_glyph_extents at ftcrfont.c:77)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 23386, 35803, 39865

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

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 #16 received at 36835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 23386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: bug#23386: bug#36835: 27.0.50;
 Segmentation fault on Cairo build (ftcrfont_glyph_extents at
 ftcrfont.c:77)
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:27:08 +0300

> From: Štěpán Němec
>  <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:24:33 +0200
> Cc: 23386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 36835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > The .emacs.desktop file contains (font-backend xft x).  This triggers
> > Bug#23386 (Segfault when messing with font-backend) on the cairo build.
> 
> Thank you. I guess I could have searched more, longer and/or better than
> I did to find the other reports, but given how long this has been an
> issue, could this please be mentioned in etc/PROBLEMS?

We don't normally describe our bugs in PROBLEMS, but since this bug is
unlikely to be solved soon, and since this is a startup-time crash, I
did add this particular manifestation of the bug to PROBLEMS.

Thanks.
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