Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:34 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: lynx getting segv when following a link with right arrow key Message-ID: <20050621040034.GA20129@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20050621011321 DOT GA3060 AT efn DOT org> <20050621031427 DOT GC9195 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20050621032418 DOT GA1060 AT efn DOT org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050621032418.GA1060@efn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 08:24:19PM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:14:27PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 06:13:22PM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes >>wrote: >>>On the 20050615 snapshot (and maybe other releases, haven't used lynx >>>in a while) lynx is repeatably segfaulting when I use the right arrow >>>key to follow a link. >> >>Can't duplicate this. Sorry. Do you have a specific site which >>demonstrates the problem? > >Sorry for the lack of details; I was a bit rushed earlier. > >Any site, AFAICT. Just starting lynx with no parameters goes to >http://lynx.browser.org, with the http://lynx.isc.org/release/ "Lynx >2.8.3" link highlighted. Pressing the right arrow key gets: I managed to duplicate it ten seconds after sending my above message, of course. If the problem is really what it appears to be, it's rather incredible. It seems like the IsBadWritePtr function in thread.cc is tripping lynx's SIGSEGV handler. I didn't think that was possible. It sort of defeats the whole purpose of IsBadWritePtr. I have to think about this one... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/