Re: Frequent hangs with 21.3.1.

[Gaute B Strokkenes]

On 13 apr 2004, address@hidden wrote:

>> 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.

Thanks.  I'll start nagging the relevant people at work at once (I
use CVS with mtty at home.)

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