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28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] Crash while scrolling through dispnew.c

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From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 47067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
Subject: bug#47067: 28.0.50; [feature/native-comp] Crash while scrolling through dispnew.c
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:06:30 +0000

On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 7:48 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
> > Cc: pipcet <at> gmail.com, 47067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 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

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