GNU bug report logs - #716
23.0.60; opening tgz file causes emacs crash

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: robert marshall <robert.marshall <at> tnei.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:15:04 UTC

Severity: grave

Merged with 805, 899, 1088

Done: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 716 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Magnus Henoch <mange <at> freemail.hu>
To: Geoff Gole <geoffgole <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#716: Bug in buffer-swap-text
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:51:31 +0100

"Geoff Gole" <geoffgole <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I can reliably get a crash without changing coding systems:
>
> (progn
>   (buffer-swap-text (generate-new-buffer "test"))
>   (insert (make-string 128 ?a)))
>
> (progn
>   (buffer-swap-text (generate-new-buffer "test"))
>   (garbage-collect))

I can confirm that either of these give a crash on NetBSD/powerpc, so
the problem might not be Windows-specific.

Magnus
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