GNU bug report logs - #805
Emacs crashes on Windows when visiting .tar.gz files

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: filerz-emacs <filerz-emacs <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:45:05 UTC

Severity: grave

Merged with 716, 899, 1088

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: quiet <quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#805: Emacs crashes on Windows when visiting .tar.gz files
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:34:35 -0400

Package: emacs,w32

(Filing a report for old item from FOR-RELEASE.)

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-06/msg01850.html

Initial report:

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create a small tar file with 2 or 3 files in it
    2. emacs -q
    3. M-x load-library tar-mode
    4. Open the tar file
    You see the crash (with earlier posted stack trace)

    I saw another crash with the following steps:
    1. Repeat #1, #2 from the previous scenario
    2. Open the tar file, you will see the file listing
    3. Position the cursor on one of the listed files and hit enter (open
    the file in the archive)
    You see a crash. Stack trace follows for 2nd scenario:
This bug report was last modified 16 years and 206 days ago.

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