GNU bug report logs - #45038
27.1; blank display

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 03:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 45038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: 45038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>
Subject: Re: bug#45038: 27.1; blank display
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:49:54 -0500
Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 09:45:02AM +0100, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > > Please see screen shots at http://jovi.net/Emacs-Bug
>> > > of a Heisenbug I never saw until maybe a year ago.
>> > > Now I see it every day or so.  Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > I think this is a known problem already solved in the repository.  can
>> > you try building the latest emacs-27 branch?
>>
>> I could have sworn I saw this the other week on master.  If you
>> believe it is fixed, then perhaps I was using an old version at the
>> time.  Please ignore me for now, I'll report back if I see it again.
>
> It should be fixed on master, but not in any version of Emacs 27. It's
> a large change so was never back ported.
>
> Stefan, if you're still seeing problems on master then there must be
> some other problem that I'm unaware of.

I haven't seen this in a while, although admittedly I haven't been using
my macOS machine much lately.

In any case, I think the bug can be closed if it is fixed on master.
If I see it again, I will just open a new bug.




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