GNU bug report logs - #47244
28.0.50; SIGSEGV in long-runnning Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, 47244 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "schwab <at> linux-m68k.org" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> cert.org>
Subject: bug#47244: 28.0.50; SIGSEGV in long-runnning Emacs
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:24:16 +0000

>> I have no suggestion, but a question: why don't you try to bisect this 
>> bug?
>
> Probably because this bug sits just around the corner - we are only not 
> able to see it.  Bisecting is problematic for two reasons: It takes 
> Michael some time to reproduce the bug and it's not yet clear whether 
> the functionality of an older Emacs would allow him to reproduce that 
> bug in the first place.
>

I see, but still, given the time you've already spent on this, would it 
not be easier to check whether say HEAD~2000 already has the bug?  IIUC 
the reproduction is always under the same condition: resetting Gnus after 
switching the VPN.
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