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#991: Emacs crashes when working with unapplied diff/patch file Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:08:27 -0400 Message-ID: <873ajw57qc.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 991@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221848904 12642 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2008 18:28:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:28:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 991@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Michal Kovarik Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 20:29:20 2008 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 1KgkjA-0007Q3-8Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:29:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44621 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgki8-0002y4-RD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgkhg-0002gZ-BG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgkhe-0002fA-Nu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44162 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgkhe-0002f0-K3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46629) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kgkhe-0001mr-G1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m8JIRZDJ014317; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:27:35 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m8JIF5cV009600; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:15:05 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 991 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 991-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B991.12218477107521 (code B ref 991); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 991) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 19 Sep 2008 18:08:30 +0000 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m8JI8RZo007514 for <991@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:08:28 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7814457E342; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:08:27 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:27:39 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:20657 Archived-At: > I created diff/patch file (using the cvs diff) and reversed the diff > afterwards, but when I opened the unapplied diff and did on > the line to be added, it crashed (Segmentation fault) Please a recipe for reproducing this bug, including if possible the file that caused the crash. Also, Emacs 21.4 is rather old; I would suggest trying a more recent version of Emacs, as there's a good chance this bug has already been fixed. Could you try that, and report back?