On 2005-03-12 02:12 +0100, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> Package: vm
> Version: 7.19-2
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi Manoj,
>
> I wish I had a better handle on why/how this happens. I used to read mail in
> vm under xemacs (which worked for years even though you always insisted it
> wasn't supported) but then switched to mutt as my folders got to big.
>
> About maybe two months ago, I switched back to vm, but as it failed to work
> under XEmacs, switched over to GNU Emacs for mail. It is entirely possible
> that some part of the old, grown, convoluted paramters and setting in
> ~/.emacs* and friends have something to do with this bug -- but I am not
> sure how would I could tell or find out. I don't really read or program
> elisp, I merely adapt the configuration based on docs.
>
> Anyway, to cut a long story short, about once a week vm takes emacs down
> hard. This typically happens when a new mail folder is read.
>
> Have you ever come across a bug report like this, and is there something I
> could do ... while I cannot actively trigger the bug. I could enable
> logging. I tend to remove the (massive) core file.
>
> This is on always current testing, and I am mostly filing this bug to give
> us a chance to address this before the release. If you find the bug report
> too intagible and feel you need to close it outright, I would not be too
> shocked -- though obviously not please either. As I said, I wish I had more
> pointers.
I'm currently triaging old bugs in emacs21, to which this bug has been
reassigned. Do you still see these crashes in emacs21 and/or emacs22?
Regards,
Sven
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