GNU bug report logs - #55068
29.0.50; crashes when trying to set default font

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55068: 29.0.50; crashes when trying to set default font
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:12:15 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It looks like there's some memory-related problem there, because
> xbacktrace also fails due to inaccessible memory.  Likely
> SPECPDL_INDEX bumps into the same problem.

I guess running under valgrind or some other memory checker will help.

> Not sure how such a memory problem could be caused, though.  If this
> is easily reproduced, perhaps bisecting will help?

This bug has probably been present for a while, but it's probably the
unusual length of the font selection menu added recently that triggers
it.

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