Gunnar Evermann <ge204(a)eng.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr> writes:
>
> > Gunnar Evermann <ge204(a)eng.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> > > After Martin's fix for the Fmapconcat crashes I wanted to reenable the
> > > test in base64-tests.el which Hrvoje had disabled some time ago,
> >
> > I haven't it.
>
> I was referring to the following:
>
> (when nil
> ;; This code crashes XEmacs! This requires further investigation.
> ;; I'm running Linux, and for me, XEmacs crashes in
> ;; Fmapconcat()->mapcar1(), after a GC that thrashes the stack.
> ;; Raymond Toy reports a similar crash under Solaris.
> (loop for (raw encoded) in bt-test-strings do
> ...
The code does not look that way in my version. As with most memory
corruption problems, the crashes came and went as *they* saw fit.
My version goes like this:
(when t
;; This code crashes some versions of XEmacs 21.2! This requires
;; further investigation. I (hniksic) am running Linux, and for me,
;; XEmacs used to crash in Fmapconcat()->mapcar1(), after a GC that
;; thrashes the stack. Raymond Toy reported a similar crash under
;; Solaris. I can no longer repeat the bug, so I cannot fix it now.
(loop for (raw encoded) in bt-test-strings do
...
> > The base64-tests file has been broken in the repository for a long
> > time, and I'm still waiting for someone to fix it. The problem was
> > that that file used to have a raw-zero character embedded in it,
> > which CVS apparently doesn't grok. Even worse, I can't find a way
> > to fix the situation, even after having removed the offending
> > character.
>
> Wouldn't directly hacking the RCS file help?
It would, but I don't think I'm supposed to do that. Given that I
know next to nothing about RCS, I definitely don't think I'm the right
person for the job.
> Otherwise why don't we just remove the existing file and add a fresh
> copy?
I tried that. It didn't work.
> > If you want, I'll mail you a working copy of the file.
>
> thanks. I have one, back from the time when you first added it.
But the file got updated several times. Here is my latest version: