KY> Hi, KY> Latest 21.2 crashes by the functions `coding-system-docstring', KY> `coding-system-name', `coding-system-property', `find-coding-system' KY> ..., etc. with a wrong type argument. KY> (find-coding-system 1) KY> => Bomb! Hey, it doesn't actually crash - it just gives an error. This is by design. (find-coding-system 1) => Wrong type argument: symbolp, 1 Isn't this what you want? Except that the error should be clearer - a coding system as an argument is also allowed. Martin

KY> (find-coding-system 1) KY> => Bomb! Martin> Hey, it doesn't actually crash - it just gives an error. This Martin> is by design. Martin> (find-coding-system 1) => Wrong type argument: symbolp, 1 KY> Oops, I will retry to make XEmacs, later... I get the following backtrace with rebuilt XEmacs which is based on the latest CVS source. What's wrong in my case? #0 0xef007fe4 in _kill () #1 0xa4844 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:272 #2 <signal handler called> #3 0xcbdc4 in Ffind_coding_system (coding_system_or_name=3) at file-coding.c:535 #4 0xa9660 in Feval (form=6316732) at eval.c:2975 #5 0xa9d98 in Ffuncall (nargs=692420, args=0xefffec54) at eval.c:3175 #6 0x7b72c in execute_optimized_program (program=0x7128ee "\207", stack_depth=1, constants_data=0x4ee510) at bytecode.c:747 #7 0x7b308 in funcall_compiled_function (fun=5151424, nargs=1, args=0xefffee2c) at bytecode.c:516 #8 0xa9f90 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xefffee28) at eval.c:3210 #9 0x7b72c in execute_optimized_program (program=0x712866 "!+\207", stack_depth=1, constants_data=0x4ee490) at bytecode.c:747 #10 0x7b308 in funcall_compiled_function (fun=5151452, nargs=1, args=0xeffff008) at bytecode.c:516 #11 0xa9f90 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xeffff004) at eval.c:3210 #12 0x7b72c in execute_optimized_program (program=0x6f2058 "\210Á )\207", stack_depth=1, constants_data=0x4e0290) at bytecode.c:747 #13 0x7b308 in funcall_compiled_function (fun=5151396, nargs=0, args=0xeffff238) at bytecode.c:516 #14 0xa9f90 in Ffuncall (nargs=0, args=0xeffff234) at eval.c:3210 #15 0xad14c in apply1 (fn=5151396, arg=3024900) at eval.c:3793 #16 0x7fbc0 in Fcall_interactively (function=5150356, record_flag=3024900, keys=3024900) at callint.c:394 #17 0xa8a3c in Fcommand_execute (cmd=5150356, record=3024900, keys=3024900) at eval.c:2613 #18 0xee638 in execute_command_event (command_builder=0x5fd5c0, event=6683440) at event-stream.c:4332 #19 0xeecf8 in Fdispatch_event (event=6683440) at event-stream.c:4643 #20 0x888b4 in Fcommand_loop_1 () at cmdloop.c:575 #21 0x88b1c in command_loop_1 (dummy=3024900) at cmdloop.c:490 #22 0xa63a0 in condition_case_1 (handlers=3024996, bfun=0x88b00 <command_loop_1>, barg=3024900, hfun=0x88b7c <cmd_error>, harg=3024900) at eval.c:1629 #23 0x88c8c in command_loop_2 (dummy=3024900) at cmdloop.c:252 #24 0xad910 in internal_catch (tag=3107060, func=0x88c40 <command_loop_2>, arg=3024900, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1304 #25 0x883e0 in initial_command_loop (load_me=3024900) at cmdloop.c:301 #26 0xa2c68 in sort_args (argc=2462720, argv=0xeffffa7c) at emacs.c:1893 #27 0xa4a2c in voodoo_free_hook (mem=0x2) at emacs.c:2319 The configuration is below: uname -a: SunOS kchisa 5.6 Generic_105181-06 sun4u sparc ./configure '--extra-verbose' '--site-prefixes=/usr/local' '--dynamic=yes' '--x-includes=/usr/local/include/X11' '--x-libraries=/usr/local/lib/X11' '--with-athena=xpm' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-dialogs=lucid' '--with-workshop' '--with-pop' '--with-site-lisp=yes' '--package-path=/usr/local/lib/xemacs/packages' '--infodir=/usr/local/info/xemacs' '--with-mule' '--with-xfs' '--debug=no' '--error-checking=none' '--memory-usage-stats=no' XEmacs 21.2-b27 "Hera" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.6'. Where should the build process find the source code? /Work/xemacs What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/sol2.h' and `m/sparc.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/dt/include /usr/local/include/X11 Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/dt/lib /usr/local/lib/X11 Additional prefixes: /usr/local Runtime library search path: /usr/local/lib:/usr/dt/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for DBM. Compiling in Mule (multi-lingual) support. Compiling in XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method) support. Using Motif to provide XIM support. Compiling in support for Canna on Mule. Compiling in support for the WNN input method on Mule. Using WNN version 6. Compiling in support for ToolTalk. Compiling in support for Sun WorkShop. Compiling in support for proper WM_COMMAND handling. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif native widgets. Using Motif dialog boxes. Compiling in dynamic shared object module support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using POP for mail access. -- Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka(a)jpl.org&gt;