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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Geoff Gole <geoffgole <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Jason Rumney" <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#716: Bug in buffer-swap-text
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:45 -0500

> 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 cannot seem to reproduce it here, tho I'm not 100% sure how you run
the above code.  Could you give a more detailed recipe, starting from
"emacs -Q" and showing whether you use M-: or C-x C-e, ... ?


        Stefan
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