crash while loading XML file

xemacs crashes when visting a new XML file. the file does not exist in the filesystem, but XML-mode is enabled in auto-mode-alist. emacs-version: Value: "21.4 (patch 6) \"Common Lisp\" XEmacs Lucid" Debian package version: ii xemacs21-nomul 21.4.6-8 Editor and kitchen sink -- Non-mule binary Lisp backtrace follows: xml-mode() # bind (alist mode name keep-going) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (just-from-file-name) set-auto-mode() byte-code("..." [set-auto-mode t] 1) # (condition-case ... . ((error (byte-code "ÁÂ!\"ć" ... 4)))) # bind (find-file) normal-mode(t) # bind (nomodes after-find-file-from-revert-buffer noauto warn error) after-find-file(t t) byte-code("..." [buffer-file-number number truename buffer-file-truename buf buffer-file-name set-buffer-major-mode erase-buffer nil (byte-code «‡Â Ã\"ª Ä Ã\"‡" [rawfile filename insert-file-contents-literally t insert-file-contents] 3) ((file-error ...)) abbreviate-file-name file-name-directory make-local-variable backup-inhibited t after-find-file find-file-use-truenames default-directory backup-enable-predicate rawfile error nowarn] 3) # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code "!à ＠ A\"‡" ... 3)))) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (error number truename buf rawfile nowarn filename) find-file-noselect("~/work/trunk/core/tc-proxy/WEB-INF/web.xml") # bind (codesys filename) find-file("~/work/trunk/core/tc-proxy/WEB-INF/web.xml" nil) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(find-file) # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) #0 0x403e8781 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x0809fd89 in fatal_error_signal () #2 0x403e86b8 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x080889e0 in execute_rare_opcode () #4 0x08087ecb in funcall_compiled_function () #5 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #6 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #7 0x08088037 in funcall_compiled_function () #8 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #9 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #10 0x08088037 in funcall_compiled_function () #11 0x0808a291 in Fbyte_code () #12 0x080a5f32 in Feval () #13 0x080a3e96 in condition_case_1 () #14 0x080a411f in condition_case_3 () #15 0x0808894d in execute_rare_opcode () #16 0x08087ecb in funcall_compiled_function () #17 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #18 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #19 0x08088037 in funcall_compiled_function () #20 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #21 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #22 0x08088037 in funcall_compiled_function () #23 0x0808a291 in Fbyte_code () #24 0x080a5f32 in Feval () #25 0x080a3e96 in condition_case_1 () #26 0x080a411f in condition_case_3 () #27 0x0808894d in execute_rare_opcode () #28 0x08087ecb in funcall_compiled_function () #29 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #30 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #31 0x08088037 in funcall_compiled_function () #32 0x08087d3f in funcall_compiled_function () #33 0x080a6501 in Ffuncall () #34 0x0808b6ca in Fcall_interactively () #35 0x080a5698 in Fcommand_execute () #36 0x080c97d5 in extract_vector_nth_mouse_event () #37 0x080c9d1c in Fdispatch_event () #38 0x0808f41c in Fcommand_loop_1 () #39 0x0808f2c5 in Frecursive_edit () #40 0x080a3e96 in condition_case_1 () #41 0x0808ef13 in Freally_early_error_handler () #42 0x0808ef37 in Freally_early_error_handler () #43 0x080a3b6c in internal_catch () #44 0x0808f06e in initial_command_loop () #45 0x080a0c22 in xemacs_21_4_6_i386_debian_linux () #46 0x080a1392 in main () #47 0x403d814f in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 -- joe