From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 2956@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, erikcharlebois@gmail.com
Subject: bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:28:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ws9rrw7j.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ab6np4w7.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:49:12 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: 2956@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, erikcharlebois@gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:39:00 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > The fact (if it is a fact) that a problem manifests itself only on
>> > Vista does not necessarily mean there's no bug in Emacs, especially
>> > since the variety of different systems on which Emacs is routinely
>> > tested is so small. Some positive evidence is required to deduce that
>> > the bug is in the underlying OS. Do you have such an evidence?
>>
>> An unprivileged process able to crash the OS is always a bug in the OS.
>
> Please re-read what I wrote: I also said that this doesn't necessarily
> mean there's no bug in Emacs.
Please re-read what I wrote: I also said that this is independent of
whether there is a workaround. An unprivileged process must _never_ be
able to crash the OS.
Andreas.
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2009-04-11 0:09 ` bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor Erik Charlebois
2009-04-11 12:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-04-11 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-11 14:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-04-11 15:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-11 16:28 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2009-04-11 16:58 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-04-11 18:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-11 18:40 ` bug#2956: marked as done (23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-04-11 19:09 ` bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor Eli Zaretskii
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