bug#5214: 23.1; M-x C-p C-p ... showing strange history elements

["Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:


M-x C-p C-p ... shows strange entries, even with -Q, e.g.

quail-show-keyboard-layout
makefile-makepp-mode
plain-tex-mode
shell-dynamic-complete-command
update-autoloads-from-directories
php-mode
...

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/usr/share/emacs/23.1/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)
 of 2009-12-02 on x86-7.fedora.phx.redhat.com
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--without-x' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  gpm-mouse-mode: t
  rcirc-track-minor-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B 
ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC 
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B 
ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC 
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B 
ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC 
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B 
ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC 
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B 
ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC 
[ B ESC [ B ESC [ B C-g ESC x ESC [ A C-e ESC [ B ESC 
[ A C-g ESC x C-h k ESC [ B C-h k ESC [ A C-h k ESC 
[ B C-h k ESC [ A C-h k C-p C-h k C-n C-p C-n C-n C-e 
ESC [ A ESC [ A ESC [ B ESC [ A ESC [ B C-a C-k C-g 
C-g ESC x e m TAB a TAB r TAB DEL b u TAB DEL TAB DEL 
ESC DEL ESC DEL ESC DEL ESC DEL r e p o TAB r TAB 
RET

Recent messages:
Wrote /home/ams/loaddefs.el
Loading /home/ams/loaddefs.el (source)...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Quit
goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item
Quit
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item [2 times]
Quit [2 times]
Making completion list... [2 times]