crash with translated error message

Under Debian woody, glibc 2.2, I've got core when evaluating following expression: (insert-file-contents "/") I'm using XEmacs 21.2.37 from CVS. uname -a: Linux localhost 2.4.0-test10 #1 火 10月 31 12:43:57 JST 2000 i686 unknown ./configure '--with-gcc' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-dialogs=lucid' '--with-widgets=lucid' '--with-toolbars=no' '--with-xfs' '--with-xface' '--with-xpm' '--with-database=no' '--with-mule' '--with-pop' '--with-site-lisp' '--with-jpeg=yes' '--with-tiff=yes' '--with-gif=yes' '--with-png=yes' '--with-xpm=yes' '--with-canna=no' '--with-wnn=no' '--with-offix=no' '--with-sound=no' '--error-checking=none' '--debug=no' '--with-tty=yes' '--with-xim=no' '--cflags=-g -O2 -mpentiumpro -fno-strength-reduce -fno-caller-saves' XEmacs 21.2-b37 "Pan" configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs-21-2 Installation prefix: /usr/local Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O2 -mpentiumpro -fno-strength-reduce -fno-caller-saves Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw - Athena library to link: Xaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Databases: Compiling in support for LDAP. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). - Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. -- Daiki Ueno As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. -- Larry Wall in <199710161841.LAA13208(a)wall.org&gt;