gnus KILLS xemacs

(insert (emacs-version)) XEmacs 21.2 (beta19) "Shinjuku" [Lucid] (i586-pc-linux) of Mon Oct 11 1999 on boffi95.stru.polimi.it xemacs is out of cvs, monday morning CETDST (insert (gnus-version)) Gnus v5.6.45 (insert (shell-command "uname -a" t) Linux boffi95.stru.polimi.it 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 22:21:09 EDT 1999 i586 unknown recipe: start gnus, select any group, BOOM this is the lisp backtrace: this is the C backtrace: (gdb) where #0 0x402db111 in __kill () #1 0x8078cb1 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:276 #2 <signal handler called> (gdb) i'm going to recompile with --debug (left out to see if it matters in saving options' speed -- no, saving is slow) to see if i can get a better backtrace stay tuned