Subject: Re: bug#899: 23.0.60; Opening a foo.tar.gz file crashes

From: Jason Rumney <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:17:36 +0800

merge 716 899
thanks

This bug has already been reported several times (the above are 
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Yary Hluchan wrote:
> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
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> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
>
> Create a couple small text files- in my case sample1.txt containing:
> Here is a sample. Hello!
> and sample2.txt containing:
> foo bar bat baz
>
> put them in an archive with:
> tar -czf sample.tar.gz sample?.txt
>
> Then open a fresh instance of emacs, C-x C-f sample.tar.gz and it crashes.
>
> I don't have gdb installed, but I can give you a link to sample.tar.gz
> http://www.driveway.com/r4h5t5i7r1
> My other tar.gz archives also crash emacs.
>
> If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
> please include the output from the following gdb commands:
>     `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
> If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
> c:/Program Files/Emacs/Unpatched/emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions.
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-09-03 on LENNART-69DE564
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'
>
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: ENU
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>   locale-coding-system: cp1252
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Fundamental
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   recentf-mode: t
>   partial-completion-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   global-auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> <escape> x r e p o <tab> r <tab> <return>
>
> Recent messages:
>
> An error has occurred while loading `c:/Documents and Settings/Stephen Edwards/Application Data/.emacs':
>
> File error: Cannot open load file, menuacc
>
> To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
> cause of the error in your initialization file.  Start Emacs with
> the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.
>
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
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