[debbugs-tracker] bug#25212: closed (REPL aborts when a stack overflow is triggered twice)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #25212,
regarding REPL aborts when a stack overflow is triggered twice
to be marked as done.

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> REPL aborts when a stack overflow is triggered twice
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> Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:34:46 +0100
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> When a Stack Overflow occured the new prompt of the REPL becomes fragile 
> an sometimes crashes on invalid inputs.
> A reliant way to make the REPL abort, is by triggering a stack overflow 
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> Affected Version: 2.0.13
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> Way to reproduce:
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> scheme@(guile-user)> (define x (lambda () (x) (x)))   ;;; define a 
> function provoking a stack-overflow
> scheme@(guile-user)> (x) (x)                          ;;; first call of 
> this function is caught but second aborts the REPL
> <unnamed port>:2:0: In procedure x:
> <unnamed port>:2:0: Throw to key `vm-error' with args `(vm-run "VM: 
> Stack overflow" ())'.
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> Entering a new prompt.  Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
> [1]    13794 abort (core dumped)  guile
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> Re: bug#25212: REPL aborts when a stack overflow is triggered twice
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> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:50:49 +0100
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> On Thu 15 Dec 2016 20:34, Steff <address@hidden> writes:
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> > When a Stack Overflow occured the new prompt of the REPL becomes
> > fragile an sometimes crashes on invalid inputs.
> > A reliant way to make the REPL abort, is by triggering a stack
> > overflow twice.
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> > Affected Version: 2.0.13
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> Yeah this one is gnarly.  We couldn't fix it in the 2.0 for various
> reasons but addressed it comprehensively in 2.2:
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>   https://wingolog.org/archives/2014/03/17/stack-overflow
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> Closing as done.  2.2.0 should be out within a month or two.
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> Andy
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