Re: Frequent hangs with 21.3.1.

[Jan D.]

> I'm experiencing extremely frequent (hourly) hangs with emacs 21.3.1
> on Redhat GNU/Linux 9.  I suspect the problem is fixed in mainline
> with this patch:
>
>    
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/src/alloc.c.diff? 
> r1=1.328&r2=1.329
>
> Can anyone confirm that this is the likely cause of the hangs?  I've
> appended a gdb backtrace.  The session is still around in case anyone
> is interested.

It looks to be the same problem, i.e. mallopt => signal handler =>  
malloc.
You can close the session.  I guess you have to patch the source  
yourself,
or run CVS latest, since the scope of the next release is under  
discussion.

        Jan D.