From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7517: 24.0.50; repeated crash under Mac OS X Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:56:46 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87tyic1uzh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vd2dyzfj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4D1B22A1.6080202@swipnet.se> <4D1B27AF.7010701@swipnet.se> <4D1C6E7D.2040300@swipnet.se> <4D1D0172.8080404@swipnet.se> <4D1DB555.5080002@swipnet.se> <4D1DBD4A.6010303@swipnet.se> <83d3oiaysj.fsf@gnu.org> <4D1DD655.1040809@swipnet.se> <83aajmaxme.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293816228 26192 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2010 17:23:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:23:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, 7517@debbugs.gnu.org, user.emacs@gmail.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 31 18:23:43 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYihb-0003KL-2u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:23:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59577 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYiha-0001s7-Gq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51789 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYihR-0001mT-CF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:23:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYihQ-0004wS-DN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYihQ-0004wN-Ai for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:23:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYiB0-0003eI-NV; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:50:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7517 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,ns X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7517-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7517.129381419114007 (code B ref 7517); Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7517) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Dec 2010 16:49:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYiAo-0003ds-NI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:49:50 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYiAm-0003dg-6k for 7517@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:49:48 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAMGZHU3O+Lc+/2dsb2JhbACkPHS/AYVKBIRljhs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,255,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="86842097" Original-Received: from 206-248-183-62.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.183.62]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 31 Dec 2010 11:56:46 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7E8B258A74; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:56:46 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83aajmaxme.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:19:05 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:50:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:42960 Archived-At: > Emacs should never use unibyte strings for buffer names. I don't think we make any effort to prevent this from happening. And I'm not completely sure that it would be worth the trouble either: I suspect that wherever a unibyte buffer-name would cause problem (mode-line, window title, younameit), some other unibyte string could appear from elsewhere just as well, so enforcing multibyte buffer-names wouldn't close the vulnerabilities. Stefan