Subject: bug#47067: 28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] Crash while scrolling through dispnew.c

From: Pip Cet <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:06:30 +0000

On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 7:48 AM Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > From: Andrea Corallo <[email-masked]>
> > Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:31:14 +0000
> >
> > >> <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=47067#98>
> > >
> > > Shouldn't that bump the ABI number as well?
> >
> > Right good point I think it should.
> >
> > Anyway thinking about: this should be good for a quick test maybe
> > removing (or renaming) the discussed .eln.  But if it proves this to be
> > the bug you'll have to rebuild from scratch to have a reliable system
> > anyway , as the ABI number will not cover us for the native code that
> > was already dumped with the image.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand: what is the procedure for testing this
> patch?

- apply the patch
- rebuild Emacs
- remove the problematic file (but not necessarily any others)
- rerun your recipe

Bumping the ABI number should not be required to test the patch, and
rebuilding everything is, indeed, unnecessary and potentially spoils
test results.

Pip