GNU bug report logs - #63589
29.0.91; crash after creating graphical frames via emacsclient when compiled with cairo-xcb

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thiago Melo <tmdmelo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 15:22:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.91

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Message #53 received at 63589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 63589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tmdmelo <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#63589: [PATCH] 29.0.91; crash after creating graphical
 frames via emacsclient when compiled with cairo-xcb
Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 19:17:44 +0800

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

> Was this bug reported to the relevant Cairo developers?

I will get to that soon.

> It's OK, but please also add to NEWS some short notice about this
> option and its potential pitfalls, which explain why it is off by
> default.  Perhaps also about its advantages, so that users could make
> up their minds.

The advantage is that it is moderately faster when Emacs is running over
the network.

> What is the kind of situations in which these crashes could happen?

Precisely that described in this bug report: when displays are closed
and reopened within a short time period.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 19 days ago.

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