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In XEmacs 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" [Lucid] (sparc-sun-solaris2.7, Mule) of Mon Aug 6 2001 on crocus configured using `configure --prefix=/usr/local/xemacs --compiler=cc --cflags=-O --with-gcc=no '--site-libraries=/usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib /usr/local/openldap/lib /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/X11/lib' '--site-runtime-libraries=/usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib /usr/local/openldap/lib /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/X11/lib' '--site-includes=/usr/dt/include /usr/openwin/include /usr/local/openldap/include /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include /usr/local/include /usr/local/gnu/include /usr/local/X11/include' --with-dialogs=motif --with-dragndrop --with-tooltalk -with-workshop --with-mule=yes --with-xpm=yes --with-sound=all --native-sound-lib=/usr/demo/SOUND/lib/libaudio.a --error-checking=none' Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: Checking to see if `gnuclient' worked with the new xemacs, I did gnuclient -h server /etc/motd from a client to the server, then `C-x #' from the newly presented window. xemacs crashed immediately with ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fatal error: assertion failed, file symbols.c, line 1100, abort() Fatal error (6). ... Lisp backtrace follows: # bind (buffer) #<compiled-function (buffer) "...(18)" [buffers-tab-switch-to-buffer-function buffers-tab-format-buffer-line-function buffer selected vector buffer-name :selected nil] 5>(#<buffer "mysql Summary">) mapcar(#<compiled-function (buffer) "...(18)" [buffers-tab-switch-to-buffer-function buffers-tab-format-buffer-line-function buffer selected vector buffer-name :selected nil] 5> (#<buffer "mysql Summary"> #<buffer "mysql"> #<buffer "bos Summary"> #<buffer "bos Presentation"> #<buffer "bos"> #<buffer "(INBOX new) Summary">)) # bind (selected buffers first-buf buffers) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (match-data force-selection frame in-deletion) buffers-tab-items(nil #<x-frame "emacs" 0xcc77> nil) # bind (force-selection frame) update-tab-in-gutter(#<x-frame "emacs" 0xcc77>) # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdb output is Core was generated by `src/xemacs'. Program terminated with signal 6, Abort. Reading symbols from /usr/local/X11/lib/libaudio.so.1.4...(no debugging symbols found)... done. Reading symbols from /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpng.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.so.62...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libXpm.so.4.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/dt/lib/libDtSvc.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libtt.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libXmu.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib/libdb-3.2.so... (no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/gnu/lib/libncurses.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)... done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/gnome/lib/libesd.so.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librt.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/openldap/lib/libldap.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgen.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libz.so...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libSM.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libICE.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libdga.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/gnome/lib/libaudiofile.so.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaio.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.so.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libsasl.so.7...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/openldap/lib/liblber.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpam.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Blade-100/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib//liblayout.so...done. #0 0xfea1bad8 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0xfea1bad8 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 #1 0x88d64 in fatal_error_signal () #2 <signal handler called> #3 0xfea1bad8 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 #4 0xfe9b5764 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 #5 0x8b478 in assert_failed () #6 0x1ab298 in do_symval_forwarding () #7 0x1abfe4 in Fsymbol_value () #8 0x5cfb8 in execute_optimized_program () #9 0x5ca78 in funcall_compiled_function () #10 0x91be0 in Ffuncall () #11 0x10fc98 in mapcar1 () #12 0x110148 in Fmapcar () #13 0x91a9c in Ffuncall () #14 0x5d160 in execute_optimized_program () #15 0x5ca78 in funcall_compiled_function () #16 0x91be0 in Ffuncall () #17 0x5d160 in execute_optimized_program () #18 0x5ca78 in funcall_compiled_function () #19 0x91be0 in Ffuncall () #20 0x9279c in run_hook_with_args_in_buffer () #21 0x928ac in va_run_hook_with_args () #22 0x17c6a8 in redisplay_frame () #23 0x17cc28 in redisplay_device () #24 0x17d2b4 in redisplay_without_hooks () #25 0xebcb4 in Fnext_event () #26 0x6ca80 in Fcommand_loop_1 () #27 0x8e898 in condition_case_1 () #28 0x6c3ac in command_loop_3 () #29 0x6c3dc in command_loop_2 () #30 0x8e4e4 in internal_catch () #31 0x6c5c8 in initial_command_loop () #32 0x8a24c in xemacs_21_5_b2_sparc_sun_solaris2_7 () #33 0x8ab18 in main () (gdb) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recent keystrokes: SPC C-/ misc-user Recent messages (most recent first): Parsing /home/unit/cu/dcv/.mailrc... 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