Re: Ediff frequently crashes emacs.

[Peter Seibel <peter@javamonkey.com>]

no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> Peter Seibel <peter@javamonkey.com> writes:
>
>> storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:
>>
>>> Hi Peter -- have you seens any more crashes with at extra checks
>>> enabled?
>>
>> Sadly I haven't had time to figure out how to build with the checks
>> enabled--as I mentioned last time the build fails with a segfault when
>> I set that flag to 1.
>
> Could you try running
>
> gdb temacs
> r -batch -l loadup dump

You mean with an emacs built with the flag 0 or is this something I
can run after building some subset that you think will actually build.

> and then tell me where it traps
>
> bt
> xbacktrace
>
>
>> It has crashed a few times since then--seemingly in different
>> places each time. Sorry I can't be more help but I'm presently busy
>> with other stuff such as trying to finish (writing) a book. When I
>> have a bit more time I'll try to investigate more thoroughly.
>
>
> Could you at least post the backtraces (bt, xbacktrace) whenever it
> crashes.  Thanks.

Sure.

-Peter

-- 
Peter Seibel                                      peter@javamonkey.com

         Lisp is the red pill. -- John Fraser, comp.lang.lisp