X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19t/xRvE464VD5m1N37vNPw Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:44:26 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: emacs-X11 crashes under gdb in recent snapshots Message-ID: <20130307054426.GB8145@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <5137B57A DOT 2020204 AT cornell DOT edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5137B57A.2020204@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 04:30:34PM -0500, Ken Brown wrote: >Starting with the 20130102 snapshot, I get a SEGV if I run emacs-X11 >under gdb. The same thing happens with emacs-w32, but not with >emacs-nox. In the case of emacs-X11, it doesn't matter whether I run it >in mintty or under an X server. It happens with emacs-24.2-1 as well as >with later test versions (and builds from the emacs trunk). > >To reproduce: > >1. Install emacs-X11-24.2-1 and emacs-debuginfo-24.2-1. > >2. Start emacs under mintty. > >3. In a separate mintty, attach gdb to it and try to continue: > >$ ps | grep emacs > 5328 10484 5328 10188 pty0 1003 16:16:33 >/usr/bin/emacs-X11 > >$ gdb -p 5328 >GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.50.20120815-cvs (cygwin-special) >Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > >This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" >and "show warranty" for details. >This GDB was configured as "i686-cygwin". >For bug reporting instructions, please see: >. >Attaching to process 10188 >[New Thread 10188.0x2a88] >[New Thread 10188.0x1e64] >[New Thread 10188.0xaec] >[New Thread 10188.0x21a8] >[New Thread 10188.0x2990] >[New Thread 10188.0xbbc] >Reading symbols from /usr/bin/emacs-X11.exe...Reading symbols from >/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/emacs-X11.exe.dbg...done. >done. >(gdb) c >Continuing. > >Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. >[Switching to Thread 10188.0x1e64] >0x00000030 in ?? () > > >In the 20130102 snapshot, it takes a few seconds after typing `c' before >the crash occurs. In more recent snapshots, it happens immediately. Thanks for the explicit instructions. I can reproduce this. Investigating. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple