From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jpff Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#4062: 23.0.60; temacs seg faults Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 06:20:27 +0100 Message-ID: <6862-Thu06Aug2009062027+0100-jpff@codemist.co.uk> Reply-To: jpff , 4062@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249537636 17401 80.91.229.12 (6 Aug 2009 05:47:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 05:47:16 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 06 07:47:09 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MYvof-0002pm-93 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:47:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58882 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYvod-0002Pd-VK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:47:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYvoW-0002Ng-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYvoQ-0002IS-Sr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46262 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYvoQ-0002Hz-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57116) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvoP-0001oa-Uj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n765klQ5008090; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:46:48 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n765U4nd006613; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:30:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: jpff Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 4062 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12495360496086 (code B ref -1); Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Aug 2009 05:20:49 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n765KlGo006083 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:20:48 -0700 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:38789 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvPB-0006bi-UX for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:20:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvP9-0006qR-4i for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:20:45 -0400 Original-Received: from smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk ([212.23.3.142]:59812) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvP8-0006pd-GO for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:20:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.155.197.248] (helo=codemist.co.uk) by smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvP0-0006vC-66 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:20:34 +0000 Original-Received: from cardew.codemist.co.uk ([172.16.4.17]) by codemist.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvOz-0005t6-VP; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:20:33 +0100 Original-Received: from jpff by cardew.codemist.co.uk with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYvOu-0001Ke-DK; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:20:28 +0100 X-Mailer: emacs 23.0.60.52 (via feedmail 8 I) X-Originating-Smarthost03-IP: [217.155.197.248] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:46:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29926 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24922 Archived-At: Last night (my time) I did an update from the CVS and temacs fails to run ..... cd ../lisp; make -w update-subdirs make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/lisp' wd=/home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/lisp; subdirs=`(cd $wd; find . -type d -print)`; for file in $subdirs; do case $file in */Old | */RCS | */CVS | */CVS/* | */.* | */.*/* | */=* ) ;; *) wins="$wins $wd/$file" ;; esac; done; \ for file in $wins; do \ /home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/lisp/../update-subdirs $file; \ done; make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/lisp' `/bin/pwd`/temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Segmentation fault make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/src' make[1]: *** [src] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 Running under gdb cardew:~/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/src> gdb temacs GNU gdb 6.6.50.20070726-cvs Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i586-suse-linux"... Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". SIGINT is used by the debugger. Are you sure you want to change it? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal] DISPLAY = :0.0 TERM = xterm Breakpoint 1 at 0x812d399: file sysdep.c, line 1132. (gdb) run --batch --load loadup bootstrap Starting program: /home/jpff/GNU_21/emacs-22.0.50/src/temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb6e1aa10 (LWP 5022)] [New process 5022] [New process 5022] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0817de02 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393693) at eval.c:1678 1678 call2 (Vsignal_hook_function, error_symbol, data); (gdb) where #0 0x0817de02 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393693) at eval.c:1678 #1 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393693) at eval.c:1751 #2 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #3 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8000d0) at eval.c:3110 #4 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393685) at eval.c:2852 #5 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393685) at eval.c:1678 #6 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393685) at eval.c:1751 #7 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #8 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8001a0) at eval.c:3110 #9 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393677) at eval.c:2852 #10 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393677) at eval.c:1678 #11 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393677) at eval.c:1751 #12 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #13 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800270) at eval.c:3110 #14 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393669) at eval.c:2852 #15 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393669) at eval.c:1678 #16 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393669) at eval.c:1751 #17 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #18 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800340) at eval.c:3110 #19 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393661) at eval.c:2852 #20 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393661) at eval.c:1678 #21 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393661) at eval.c:1751 #22 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #23 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800410) at eval.c:3110 #24 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393653) at eval.c:2852 #25 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393653) at eval.c:1678 #26 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393653) at eval.c:1751 #27 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #28 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8004e0) at eval.c:3110 #29 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393645) at eval.c:2852 #30 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393645) at eval.c:1678 #31 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393645) at eval.c:1751 #32 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #33 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8005b0) at eval.c:3110 #34 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393637) at eval.c:2852 #35 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393637) at eval.c:1678 #36 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393637) at eval.c:1751 #37 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #38 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800680) at eval.c:3110 #39 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393629) at eval.c:2852 #40 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393629) at eval.c:1678 #41 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393629) at eval.c:1751 #42 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #43 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800750) at eval.c:3110 #44 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393621) at eval.c:2852 #45 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393621) at eval.c:1678 #46 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393621) at eval.c:1751 #47 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #48 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800820) at eval.c:3110 #49 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393613) at eval.c:2852 #50 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393613) at eval.c:1678 #51 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393613) at eval.c:1751 #52 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #53 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8008f0) at eval.c:3110 #54 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393605) at eval.c:2852 #55 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393605) at eval.c:1678 #56 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393605) at eval.c:1751 #57 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #58 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8009c0) at eval.c:3110 #59 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395621) at eval.c:2852 #60 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395621) at eval.c:1678 #61 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395621) at eval.c:1751 #62 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #63 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800a90) at eval.c:3110 #64 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395613) at eval.c:2852 #65 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395613) at eval.c:1678 #66 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395613) at eval.c:1751 #67 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #68 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800b60) at eval.c:3110 #69 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395605) at eval.c:2852 #70 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395605) at eval.c:1678 #71 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395605) at eval.c:1751 #72 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #73 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800c30) at eval.c:3110 #74 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395597) at eval.c:2852 #75 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395597) at eval.c:1678 #76 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395597) at eval.c:1751 #77 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #78 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800d00) at eval.c:3110 #79 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395589) at eval.c:2852 #80 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395589) at eval.c:1678 #81 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395589) at eval.c:1751 #82 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #83 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800dd0) at eval.c:3110 #84 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395581) at eval.c:2852 #85 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395581) at eval.c:1678 #86 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395581) at eval.c:1751 #87 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #88 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800ea0) at eval.c:3110 #89 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395573) at eval.c:2852 #90 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395573) at eval.c:1678 #91 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395573) at eval.c:1751 #92 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #93 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800f70) at eval.c:3110 #94 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395565) at eval.c:2852 #95 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395565) at eval.c:1678 #96 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395565) at eval.c:1751 #97 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #98 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf801040) at eval.c:3110 #99 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395557) at eval.c:2852 #100 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395557) at eval.c:1678 #101 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395557) at eval.c:1751 #102 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #103 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf801110) at eval.c:3110 #104 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395549) at eval.c:2852 #105 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395549) at eval.c:1678 #106 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395549) at eval.c:1751 #107 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 #108 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8011e0) at eval.c:3110 #109 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138395541) at eval.c:2852 #110 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138395541) at eval.c:1678 .....repeats for tens of thousands of time (gdb) bt full #0 0x0817de02 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393693) at eval.c:1678 allhandlers = (struct handler *) 0x0 conditions = string = real_error_symbol = 137930033 bp = #1 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393693) at eval.c:1751 No locals. #2 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 No locals. #3 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8000d0) at eval.c:3110 fun = 0 original_fun = 0 funcar = 0 numargs = 2 val = backtrace = { next = 0xbf800168, function = 0xbf8000d0, args = 0xbf8000d4, nargs = 2, evalargs = 0 '\0', debug_on_exit = 0 '\0' } internal_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xbf8000d4 i = #4 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393685) at eval.c:2852 ret_ungc_val = 137930033 #5 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393685) at eval.c:1678 allhandlers = (struct handler *) 0x0 conditions = string = real_error_symbol = 137930033 bp = #6 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393685) at eval.c:1751 No locals. #7 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 No locals. #8 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf8001a0) at eval.c:3110 fun = 0 original_fun = 0 funcar = 0 numargs = 2 val = backtrace = { next = 0xbf800238, function = 0xbf8001a0, args = 0xbf8001a4, nargs = 2, evalargs = 0 '\0', debug_on_exit = 0 '\0' } internal_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xbf8001a4 i = #9 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393677) at eval.c:2852 ret_ungc_val = 137930033 #10 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393677) at eval.c:1678 allhandlers = (struct handler *) 0x0 conditions = string = real_error_symbol = 137930033 bp = #11 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393677) at eval.c:1751 No locals. #12 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 No locals. #13 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800270) at eval.c:3110 fun = 0 original_fun = 0 funcar = 0 numargs = 2 val = backtrace = { next = 0xbf800308, function = 0xbf800270, args = 0xbf800274, nargs = 2, evalargs = 0 '\0', debug_on_exit = 0 '\0' } internal_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xbf800274 i = #14 0x0817dd49 in call2 (fn=0, arg1=137930033, arg2=138393669) at eval.c:2852 ret_ungc_val = 137930033 #15 0x0817de07 in Fsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393669) at eval.c:1678 allhandlers = (struct handler *) 0x0 conditions = string = real_error_symbol = 137930033 bp = #16 0x0817dfc8 in xsignal (error_symbol=137930033, data=138393669) at eval.c:1751 No locals. #17 0x0817e500 in xsignal1 (error_symbol=137930033, arg=0) at eval.c:1768 No locals. #18 0x0817d9c1 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbf800340) at eval.c:3110 fun = 0 original_fun = 0 funcar = 0 numargs = 2 val = backtrace = { next = 0xbf8003d8, function = 0xbf800340, args = 0xbf800344, nargs = 2, evalargs = 0 '\0', debug_on_exit = 0 '\0' } internal_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xbf800344 .....I am sure you do not need all 50000+ copies (gdb) xbacktrace 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 0x0 Lisp type 0 Note that this message is sent from an older emacs as at present I do not have a version form the CVS. 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