Subject: Re: bug#58671: gui-backend-set-selection causing segfault on Debian 12

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:28:19 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> To reproduce:
>> Highlight some text and run kill-ring-save which ultimately calls gui-backend-set-selection.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
>>  3.24.34, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2022-10-17, unofficial
>>  emacs-snapshot build: http://emacs.secretsauce.net built on
>>  lilbastard
>> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101004
>> System Description: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid
>
> It is unclear from which commit of the Emacs Git repository was this
> built.  AFAIR, there were some problems in this area fixed lately on
> master, so perhaps try with the current master branch.

FWIW, I can't reproduce the above crash on Debian GNU/Linux bookworm
with current master.

Geoff, could you show us the value of the variable
`emacs-repository-version'?

I'm also copying in Dima Kogan, the maintainer of the Debian packages on
secretsauce.net in case he has anything to add.