GNU bug report logs - #4993
23.1; rmailmm.el mime decode crashes emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Walter Neumann <neumann <at> neumann.math.columbia.edu>

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 4993 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Walter Neumann <neumann <at> neumann.math.columbia.edu>
Cc: 4993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4993: 23.1; rmailmm.el mime decode crashes emacs
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:10:42 -0500

Walter Neumann wrote:

> Opening the mail file available at
> http://math.columbia.edu/~neumann/bug with rmail and typing "v" to
> view the message using rmail-mime crashes emacs: emacs starts using
> 100% cpu and becomes unresponsive. Tested on two systems, with and
> without init files loaded.
[...]
> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.6)
>  of 2009-09-29 on x86-7.fedora.phx.redhat.com

I can't reproduce a "crash" in either 23.1 or the CVS trunk.
23.1 decodes the message in a reasonable time, but slightly incorrectly.
The trunk decodes it correctly, but very slowly (it can be interrupted
any time with C-g). Is this what you meant? If so, it is fixed now.
This bug report was last modified 15 years and 185 days ago.

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