Subject: Re: bug#8855: Fix backported to Emacs 24

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:32:01 -0800

As discussed on emacs-devel, I had to undo that backport to
the emacs-24 branch.

The problem was that the fix for Bug#8855 introduces a new
bug, Bug#12980.  I have followed up at Bug#12980 but the patch
is nontrivial, so for now Bug#8855 remains unfixed on the
emacs-24 branch.