> There have been more changes at 06/29 and 06/30.  Your search.c is
> newer than that?
> If it is, could you run Emacs under gdb and give a backtrace when it
> bugs out?

i just tested a cvs version dated 6/28 and it did abort().  the 
backtrace
is attached below.

my keystrokes were:
	M-x slime [return]
	M-. prin1 [return]
	M-. prin1 [return]
	M-. prin1 [return]