From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:00:21 +0200 Message-ID: <838va14blm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4B9EFDFEE27E43DBB6331605DD7C2842@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353092485 3178 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2012 19:01:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12908-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 16 20:01:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAS-00014E-VZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:01:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33534 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAI-00046R-Vb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56588) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAE-00043s-2z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAB-0003MA-0R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:18 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38793) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAA-0003Lz-TD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAw-0000As-KX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:02:02 -0500 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 12908 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 12908@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 12908-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D12908.1353092505644 (code D ref 12908); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12908-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2012 19:01:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49043 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAe-0000AJ-Qi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:38454) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZRAc-0000AB-GA for 12908-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:01:43 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDL00F00GN4PL00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12908-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:00:52 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDL00FVWGTG3NF0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:00:52 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <4B9EFDFEE27E43DBB6331605DD7C2842@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67021 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:30:34 -0800 > > Still getting many crashes (every session), but now I notice that Emacs > is creating a file `emacs_backtrace.txt' in the current directory (or > perhaps it is in the dir in which Emacs was started?). It's written in the current directory of the Emacs process, and only if you click NO on the abort dialog. > I looked in the Emacs manual, the Elisp manual, and NEWS for some > information about this file, but found nothing (so there is a doc bug, > at least). Right, now fixed (revision 110913 on the trunk). > What is the file for It contains the call-stack backtrace, which could be used to find the sequence of function calls that led to the crash. Similar to what GDB produces when you type "bt". > how are users to use it Users should include it with their bug reports. If you have the addr2line.exe program on your disk, you can produce a more readable backtrace from these numbers, see the Emacs user manual for details. > and control whether and where it is written You can't. It's always written in the current directory of the Emacs process, which is normally a single directory determined by what your desktop shortcut says.