[cc'ing xemacs-beta, even though I'm no longer on that list...] in http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-nt/200208/msg00083.html I wrote: >wanted to mention that I'm still experiencing crashes when updating >packages - looks similar to what I reported here: > > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-nt/200206/msg00015.html > >but slightly different > >attached are: > >o my Installation file, with config details >o the lisp backtrace, and >o the C stacktrace > >for the following sequence of actions: > >o gdb --nw --args ./xemacs -vanilla >o at gdb prompt, run >o once xemacs is started: > 1. load-library efs > 2. set efs-generate-anonymous-password > 3. Tools -> Packages -> Add download site -> xemacs.org > 4. Tools -> Packages -> List and Install > 5. select a pkg for which a newer version exists (in this > case dired) and hit return > 6. hit x to install > >kaboom I take it no one else is seeing this? is anyone building recent CVS versions with the same setup I'm using able to successfully download/ install pkgs as shown above? if not, what configs *are* able to do the above successfully? again, here's a bit of my Installation file: >uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 VALIS2 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) 2002-07-06 02:16 i686 unknown > >./configure '--extra-verbose' '--pdump' '--compiler=gcc' '--with-x11=no' '--with-gtk=no' '--debug' '--error-checking=all' '--cflags=-g' >XEmacs 21.5-b8 "broccoli" configured for `i686-pc-cygwin'. > >Compilation / Installation: > Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs > Installation prefix: /usr/local > Operating system description file: `s/cygwin32.h' > Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' > Compiler: gcc -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../include/noX -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../include/noX -g > Relocating allocator for buffers: no > GNU version of malloc: yes unfortunately, as noted above I'm no longer on xemacs-beta - but just took a look at the archives and noticed this thread: http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200208/msg00458.html maybe that's the same issue? thanks, -John Turner