From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Art Werschulz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: emacs crashing with rmail Date: 21 Apr 2005 11:17:53 -0400 Organization: Columbia University Message-ID: Reply-To: agw@dsm.fordham.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114096585 16115 80.91.229.2 (21 Apr 2005 15:16:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:16:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: agw@dsm.fordham.edu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 21 17:16:24 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOdOr-0001i4-Tp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:15:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOdTb-0007OW-Jp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:20:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 53 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sobolev.cs.columbia.edu Original-X-Trace: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu 1114096673 21579 128.59.20.48 (21 Apr 2005 15:17:53 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: postmaster@columbia.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2005 15:17:53 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:130314 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25886 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25886 Hi. I'm running emacs 21.3.1 on an i686 Fedora Linux box. The Linux kernel RPM is 2.6.11-1.14_FC3smp, and the emacs RPM is emacs-21.3-21.FC3. As of a couple of days ago, the command "M-x rmail" causes emacs to crash, producing the error msg Fatal error (6).Aborted (core dumped) The gdb backtrace on the core file is as follows: #0 0x00bdf7a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #1 0x00c20c76 in kill () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #2 0x080db899 in abort () #3 #4 0x00bdf7a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #5 0x00c20c76 in kill () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #6 0x080db3ea in abort () #7 0x08128b2f in re_compile_pattern () #8 0x08123e24 in re_compile_pattern () #9 0x08123e48 in re_compile_pattern () #10 0x0808e6c3 in ?? () #11 0xffffffff in ?? () #12 0xbfffe570 in ?? () #13 0x00000000 in ?? () Here are some data points: (1) This only happens to me. Other people can read mail with emacs without any problems. (2) This behavior persists even if I rename my RMAIL file (so RMAIL file corruption doesn't appear to be an issue). (3) This behavior persists even if I use the -q, -u, or --no-site-file command line options. (4) I tried this on several machines on our network; this behavior occurs on all the machines I tested. (5) I *can* visit the RMAIL file (using C-x C-f RMAIL), after which I can run commands to delete messages, reply to messages and the like. However, if I issue the rmail-get-new-mail command (bound to the "g" key in RMAIL mode), emacs crashes. If anybody has any suggestions as to how I can fix this problem, I would be greatly obliged. Thanks. -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker GCS/M (GAT): d? -p+ c++ l u+(-) e--- m* s n+ h f g+ w+ t++ r- y? Internet: agw STRUDEL cs.columbia.edu ATTnet: Columbia U. (212) 939-7060, Fordham U. (212) 636-6325