incorrect paste

[Vladimir Volovich]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2001-10-22 on video
configured using `configure  --with-xpm --with-jpeg --with-tiff --with-gif 
--with-png'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: ru_RU.ISO8859-5
  value of $LC_CTYPE: ru_RU.ISO8859-5
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: C
  value of $LC_MONETARY: ru_RU.ISO8859-5
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: ru_RU.ISO8859-5
  value of $LC_TIME: ru_RU.ISO8859-5
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  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-5
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Hi,

when i run emacs, and use frequent copy/paste operations:

copy into clipboard in some application (not Emacs), then paste into
some Emacs buffer, after some number of copy/paste operations, i'm no
longer able to do copy/paste: when i paste into Emacs, i get some
constant previous selection instead of the current selection.

when i paste into some other application (e.g. xterm), i get correct
result; but when i paste into emacs, i get some old selection (always
the same).

restarting emacs corrects that behavior; restarting an application
from which i do a copy does not (unless i restart emacs).

it looks like some internal Emacs' buffer for selections overflows,
and does not accept any new selections...

Best,
v.

Recent input:
<right> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <C-escape> <down> 
<down> <return> <return> * S-SPC a p p r o x i m a 
t SPC <backspace> e SPC s e a r c h SPC ( ) <left> 
s p e l l i n g SPC v a r i a n t s <C-end> <return> 
C-x C-s <C-escape> <down> <down> <return> g <help-echo> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> 2 0 <return> <C-end> <up> <return> 
Q y <up> <up> <up> <down> L <up> <up> 1 <return> <return> 
C-x o <C-S-end> <C-insert> C-x o q l M-x r e p o r 
t <tab> <return>

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