Re: editfns.c (Fformat): fix for segfault

[Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> Does this solve the problem?

> *** print.c.~1.185.~	Fri Mar 14 16:00:39 2003
> --- print.c	Sat May  3 18:09:00 2003
...

I applied that patch and rebuilt yesterday.
It just aborted:

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x402e2a41 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) w
#0  0x402e2a41 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x080fef29 in abort () at /mirror/d/emacs/src/emacs.c:412
#2  0x0815f2bd in Fgarbage_collect () at /mirror/d/emacs/src/alloc.c:4103
#3  0x08179c26 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbfffd8e0)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/eval.c:2664
#4  0x08179a2e in run_hook_list_with_args (funlist=1492461932, nargs=3,
    args=0xbfffd8e0) at /mirror/d/emacs/src/eval.c:2446
#5  0x0812aeac in signal_before_change (start_int=1, end_int=11,
    preserve_ptr=0xbfffd9e0) at /mirror/d/emacs/src/insdel.c:2058
#6  0x0812abe2 in prepare_to_modify_buffer (start=1, end=11,
    preserve_ptr=0xbfffd9e0) at /mirror/d/emacs/src/insdel.c:1956
#7  0x0812a2fb in del_range_1 (from=1, to=11, prepare=1, ret_string=0)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/insdel.c:1689
#8  0x0812a286 in del_range (from=154412777, to=0)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/insdel.c:1663
#9  0x0811f6f5 in Ferase_buffer () at /mirror/d/emacs/src/buffer.c:1975
#10 0x0818c307 in Fprin1_to_string (object=956063660, noescape=405897284)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/print.c:785
#11 0x08171818 in Fformat (nargs=4, args=0xbfffdc24)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/editfns.c:3353
#12 0x08179dc4 in Ffuncall (nargs=5, args=0xbfffdc20)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/eval.c:2705
#13 0x081b1d34 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=949038292, vector=1215229440, maxdepth=6)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/bytecode.c:709
#14 0x0817a61c in funcall_lambda (fun=1220041448, nargs=1,
    arg_vector=0xbfffdde4) at /mirror/d/emacs/src/eval.c:2911
#15 0x0817a065 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbfffdde0)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/eval.c:2772
#16 0x081b1d34 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=949038404, vector=1214792128, maxdepth=7)
    at /mirror/d/emacs/src/bytecode.c:709
...
(gdb) xbacktrace
"format"
"nnmail-generate-active"
"nnmail-save-active"
"nnmail-get-new-mail"
"nnml-request-scan"
"gnus-request-scan"
"gnus-activate-group"
"gnus-get-unread-articles"
"gnus-group-get-new-news"
"call-interactively"