> >> > I just experienced an Emacs crash, and I can reproduce consistently. I'm > >> unsure whether it's specific to the patched build and I don't have the time > to > >> check, so I post here to verify. It might already be fixed, as I use the > >> version: GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6002) of 2009-11-04 on > LENNART- > >> 69DE564 (patched) > >> > > >> > Steps: > >> > - set find-file-existing-other-name to t > >> > - have "U:\Privé\ab" as the current working directory > >> > - press Ctrl-x Ctrl-f c d > >> > > >> > On typing the 'd' (or whatever key you type there) Emacs crashes. > >> > > >> > I tried (Cygwin) gdb as suggested by the Emacs crash handler and created > the > >> stack trace below. > >> > > >> > Hope this helps...? > >> > >> Thanks for the bug report. Could you please try the latest from the > >> test area here: > >> > >> http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/DL/EmacsW32/test/ > >> > >> The latest one is the one from 2011-02-17 (i.e. > >> Emacs-24-BzrP110217-EmacsW32-1.58.exe) > > > > Tested: same crash! > > > > But I noticed that you need to set w32-downcase-file-names to t as well. So > the minimal .emacs file to experience this crash would be: > > > > (setq > > find-file-existing-other-name t > > w32-downcase-file-names t > > ) > > > > Have fun with it! :-) > > > > Groente, Michel. > > I will try to have fun with it ;-\ > > But could you please try an unpatched version here too and see if you > can reproduce it there too : > > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
Alright then. The unpatched version has the same bug after all. I guess I should send the bug to emacs-pretest-...@gnu.org myself. Aside: I had to eval-region the setq, for set-variable doesn't find w32-downcase-file-names. Groente, Michel.
