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#12579: 24.1; Emacs 24.1 / 24.2 (daily) crashes Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:44:51 +0200 Message-ID: <83d30l5lcc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <80vcep2v3z.fsf@somewhere.org> <80391srlog.fsf@somewhere.org> <83lifj7tlg.fsf@gnu.org> <80obkfrdrk.fsf@somewhere.org> <83haq77oar.fsf@gnu.org> <9406B35D2F4F4A12B64463151C5EC515@us.oracle.com> <837gr25dsn.fsf@gnu.org> <80ipakjgmx.fsf@somewhere.org> <83wqyzzhsp.fsf@gnu.org> <80haq32zu3.fsf@somewhere.org> <83pq4rz97b.fsf@gnu.org> <80r4p7pbht.fsf@somewhere.org> <83obkbyojd.fsf@gnu.org> <80fw5ms9k1.fsf@somewhere.org> <83bogaz56i.fsf@gnu.org> <80mwzrriff.fsf@somewhere.org> <83mwzr7l55.fsf@gnu.org> <80hapyyfv5.fsf@somewhere.org> <838vba7og9.fsf@gnu.org> <807gqtlawi.fsf@somewhere.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350215171 30132 80.91.229.3 (14 Oct 2012 11:46:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12579@debbugs.gnu.org, lekktu@gmail.com, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com To: Fabrice Niessen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 14 13:46:17 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 1TNMe5-0003bS-1a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:46:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55581 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMdy-00030u-8F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36945) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMdv-00030n-Ib for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMdu-00056W-9w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMdu-00056S-7G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMer-0003K5-V2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12579 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12579-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12579.135021517312716 (code B ref 12579); Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12579) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Oct 2012 11:46:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43340 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMe0-0003Iz-TD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:32929) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TNMds-0003IL-My for 12579@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MBV00500SJY0V00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12579@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:44:45 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MBV001DNSMKRJ71@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:44:45 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <807gqtlawi.fsf@somewhere.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:65590 Archived-At: > From: "Fabrice Niessen" > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, lekktu@gmail.com, 12579@debbugs.gnu.org, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:23:41 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> Wouldn't it be wise to always include the right .gdbinit file in every > >> compiled Emacs, even in release versions? That way, "you" (in the broad > >> sense) would always be sure users could give you the information you need > >> to further debug problems... > > > > Official releases are provided with stripped executables, so a .gdbinit > > file there will not help. > > Development snapshots (on the http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ page) > > and pretest binaries (http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/), > > which are not stripped of the debug info, already include .gdbinit to go > > with them. > > Nope, pretest binaries found on > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/ do not have any .gdbinit file > provided with them. That was my problem. Sorry, the pretest binaries are stripped as well, so .gdbinit is not provided. In a nutshell, a pretest is exactly like an official release, as long as contents and stripped/non-stripped issues are concerned. > Development snapshots do well have a .gdbinit file but the latest binary > available is almost one month old (17th of Sep), and, as you said, I can't use > that .gdbinit file for the pretest binary of Emacs 24.2. > > Is there any other, more recent, version of Emacs 24.1 or 2 which I could use, > avoiding the bugs which have been fixed in the last days or weeks? The most recent version is always the latest development snapshot.