GNU bug report logs - #7124
emacs 21.4.1 seg fault

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Package: emacs21;

Reported by: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

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

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Report forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#7124; Package emacs. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:59:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:59:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs 21.4.1 seg fault
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:55:40 -0700
Likely not readily reproducible, so this is just a data point.
I was reloading a 2.6GB file.  I'm probably tracing too much stuff.

$ gdb $(which emacs-x) core.4037
GNU gdb 6.8
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXaw3d.so.7...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXaw3d.so.7
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libungif.so.4...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libungif.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_nis.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_nis.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_dns.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_dns.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libresolv.so.2...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1...(no debugging
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3

Core was generated by `emacs tools/pyang/pyang/plugins/tms.py'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
[New process 4037]
#0  0x00000037330306f7 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6

The stack trace is worthless (no symbols)

$ emacs-x --version
GNU Emacs 21.4.1
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of Emacs
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.




Information forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#7124; Package emacs21. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:22:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 7124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7124: emacs 21.4.1 seg fault
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:24:15 -0400
Thanks, but Emacs 21.4 is very old (the current is 23.2), and there is
zero information from gdb about the crash, so it seems extremely
unlikely anyone will ever do anything with this.




Information forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#7124; Package emacs21. (Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:25:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 7124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7124: emacs 21.4.1 seg fault
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:27:30 -0700
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks, but Emacs 21.4 is very old (the current is 23.2), and there is
> zero information from gdb about the crash, so it seems extremely
> unlikely anyone will ever do anything with this.

I know.  We have to use CentOS and, um, the most recent is very dated.
This is what I expected.




Reply sent to Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:45:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Notification sent to Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:45:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #16 received at 7124-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 7124-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7124: emacs 21.4.1 seg fault
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:44:33 -0500
Thanks for the report. Emacs 21 is very old and has not been supported
for some time. The latest version is 23.3. Please open new reports for
any issues you have with the new version.




bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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