bug#4760: 23.1.50; C-x v a gone wild.

[Jan =?UTF-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

C-x v a computes change log entries for a very long time.
Then it inserts an entry with lot of old stuff included.
It doesn't respect user-full-name or user-mail-address.
The change isn't mentioned in NEWS, is there a switch to get back the
old C-x v a?

The entry here is what C-x v a inserted, the second is the
change I made and already made a change log entry for.
Note also the bad formatting (3 lines) done w.r.t. the original one
(2 lines).


2009-10-19  author  <author@gaffa>

        * ChangeLog, xterm.c (x_create_toolkit_scroll_bar):
        Don't allocate color for
        pixel -1 (bug #4742).

        * nsimage.m, nsmenu.m, nsselect.m, nsterm.m, ChangeLog, nsfns.m, 
nsfont.m:
        * nsterm.m:
        * nsselect.m:
        * nsmenu.m:
        * nsimage.m:
        * nsfont.m:
        * nsfns.m: Include setjmp.h.  (Bug#4643)

        * ChangeLog, process.c:
        * process.c (create_pty): Remove conditionals for no longer
        supported systems: UNIPLUS and RTU.

        * ChangeLog, xfns.c, xterm.c: * xterm.c:
        * xfns.c: Remove always true condition: XtSpecificationRelease >= 5.

        * w32term.c, w32uniscribe.c, w32xfns.c, widget.c, window.c, xdisp.c, 
xfaces.c, xfns.c, xfont.c, xftfont.c, xmenu.c, xrdb.c, xselect.c, xsmfns.c, 
xterm.c, ChangeLog, alloc.c, atimer.c, buffer.c, bytecode.c, callint.c, 
callproc.c, casefiddle.c, casetab.c, category.c, ccl.c, character.c, charset.c, 
chartab.c, cm.c, cmds.c, coding.c, composite.c, data.c, dbusbind.c, dired.c, 
dispnew.c, doc.c, doprnt.c, dosfns.c, editfns.c, emacs.c, eval.c, fileio.c, 
filelock.c, floatfns.c, fns.c, font.c, fontset.c, frame.c, fringe.c, ftfont.c, 
ftxfont.c, gtkutil.c, image.c, indent.c, insdel.c, intervals.c, keyboard.c, 
keymap.c, lisp.h, macros.c, marker.c, menu.c, minibuf.c, msdos.c, print.c, 
process.c, ralloc.c, regex.c, region-cache.c, scroll.c, search.c, sheap.c, 
sound.c, syntax.c, term.c, termcap.c, terminal.c, terminfo.c, textprop.c, 
tparam.c, undo.c, unexaix.c, unexcw.c, unexec.c, unexsol.c, vm-limit.c, 
w16select.c, w32.c, w32console.c, w32fns.c, w32font.c, w32heap.c, w32inevt.c, 
w32menu.c, w32proc.c, w32reg.c, w32select.c:
        * alloc.c: Do not define struct catchtag.
        * eval.c: Move struct catchtag definition ...
        * lisp.h: ... here.

        * image.c: Move png.h #include earlier to avoid warnings.

        * xterm.c:
        * xsmfns.c:
        * xselect.c:
        * xrdb.c:
        * xmenu.c:
        * xftfont.c:
        * xfont.c:
        * xfns.c:
        * xfaces.c:
        * xdisp.c:
        * window.c:
        * widget.c:
        * w32xfns.c:
        * w32uniscribe.c:
        * w32term.c:
        * w32select.c:
        * w32reg.c:
        * w32proc.c:
        * w32menu.c:
        * w32inevt.c:
        * w32heap.c:
        * w32font.c:
        * w32fns.c:
        * w32console.c:
        * w32.c:
        * w16select.c:
        * vm-limit.c:
        * unexsol.c:
        * unexec.c:
        * unexcw.c:
        * unexaix.c:
        * undo.c:
        * tparam.c:
        * textprop.c:
        * terminfo.c:
        * terminal.c:
        * termcap.c:
        * term.c:
        * syntax.c:
        * sound.c:
        * sheap.c:
        * search.c:
        * scroll.c:
        * region-cache.c:
        * regex.c:
        * ralloc.c:
        * process.c:
        * print.c:
        * msdos.c:
        * minibuf.c:
        * menu.c:
        * marker.c:
        * macros.c:
        * keymap.c:
        * keyboard.c:
        * intervals.c:
        * insdel.c:
        * indent.c:
        * gtkutil.c:
        * ftxfont.c:
        * ftfont.c:
        * fringe.c:
        * frame.c:
        * fontset.c:
        * font.c:
        * fns.c:
        * floatfns.c:
        * filelock.c:
        * fileio.c:
        * emacs.c:
        * editfns.c:
        * dosfns.c:
        * doprnt.c:
        * doc.c:
        * dispnew.c:
        * dired.c:
        * dbusbind.c:
        * data.c:
        * composite.c:
        * coding.c:
        * cmds.c:
        * cm.c:
        * chartab.c:
        * charset.c:
        * character.c:
        * ccl.c:
        * category.c:
        * casetab.c:
        * casefiddle.c:
        * callproc.c:
        * callint.c:
        * bytecode.c:
        * buffer.c:
        * atimer.c: Include setjmp.h.  (Bug#4643)

        * xlwmenu.c:
        * lwlib.c:
        * lwlib-utils.c:
        * lwlib-Xm.c:
        * lwlib-Xlw.c:
        * lwlib-Xaw.c: Include setjmp.h.

2009-10-19  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>

        * xterm.c (x_create_toolkit_scroll_bar): Don't allocate color for
        pixel -1 (bug #4742).



If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.5 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-10-19 on gaffa
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10600000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/opt/emacs-cvs' '--verbose' 
'--enable-asserts' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' 'CFLAGS=-g''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: sv_SE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Change Log

Minor modes in effect:
  delete-selection-mode: t
  icomplete-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x v a <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <escape> < C-x 1 <next> <next> 
<next> <escape> < C-SPC <next> <next> <next> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <escape> w M-x r e p o <tab> r 
<tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading icomplete...done
Loading /home/jhd/lib/elisp/saveframe.el (source)...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Mark set
Computing change log entries... done
Mark set [3 times]
Saved text from "2009-10-19  author  <author@gaffa>

        * C"
Making completion list...

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