From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3296: crash in ediff Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:19:46 -0500 Message-ID: <871vi9ii2l.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 3296@debbugs.gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262386152 15166 80.91.229.12 (1 Jan 2010 22:49:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3296@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Graham Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 01 23:49:04 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 4.50) id 1NQqIq-0001Yj-1i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:49:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57326 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQqIq-0007BK-Kg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:49:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQqIm-0007B7-Ml for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:49:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQqId-0007A6-UA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:49:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46289 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQqId-0007A3-OU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:48:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.43] (port=41674 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQqId-0002uv-Iv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:48:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQpql-0002Ho-3v; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:20:03 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Chong Yidong , 3296@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3296 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3296-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3296.12623843958779 (code B ref 3296); Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jan 2010 22:19:55 +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 1NQpqb-0002HY-9W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:19:55 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po19.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.75]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NQpqZ-0002HO-NW for 3296@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:19:51 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (162.254.218.209.transedge.com [209.218.254.162]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po19.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o01MJl0X019885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:19:47 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E1B06C05D; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:19:46 -0500 (EST) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -2.7 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) Resent-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:20:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.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:33838 Archived-At: > Every so often, about once a week, my emacs session crashes while > running ediff. I'm enclosing a stack trace. I will be running ediff > comparing two directories. The crash occurs when I'm in the buffer > which lists pairs of files from the two directories. I select the > next pair to examine, and at the point emacs crashes. > This is GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) > of 2008-05-23 on xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com Very sorry for the delay in responding. Unfortunately, the stack trace you sent is not very informative. If you are still experiencing the problem, try running Emacs in a debugger and getting a backtrace when the crash happens. Depending on the backtrace, we may be able to diagnose the problem. However, we're not planning to make any more 22.x releases. We've fixed quite a lot of crash-related bugs between emacs 22 and 23, so if you are experiencing stability issues, you could try upgrading.