From: Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@pajato.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RMAIL causes Emacs abort
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:25:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F394D44.5010402@pajato.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m19mabQ-000IeIC@rattlesnake.com>
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>Today's CVS snapshot, Tue, 2003 Aug 12 14:28 UTC
>GNU Emacs 21.3.50.33 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
>started with
>
> /usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)'
>
>When both /var/mail/bob and ~/RMAIL are zero length files,
>the command
>
> M-x rmail
>
>causes Emacs to abort. The same occurs when either /var/mail/bob or
>~/RMAIL have content.
>
>However, when /var/mail/bob is a zero length file,
> when a full ~/RMAIL is first found with `M-x find-file-literally' and
> when rmail is run with a prefix command, `C-u M-x rmail'
> then Emacs does not abort and I can read my RMAIL.
>
>Here is the GDB backtrace from the first situation,
>starting Emacs with both /var/mail/bob and ~/RMAIL as zero length files.
>The command was `M-x rmail':
>
>
...
I will take a look at this problem.
-pmr
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2003-08-12 14:58 RMAIL causes Emacs abort Robert J. Chassell
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