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bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:28:32 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: 2956@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Stefan Monnier
>> <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, erikcharlebois@gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:39:00 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > The fact (if it is a fact) that a problem manifests itself only on
>> > Vista does not necessarily mean there's no bug in Emacs, especially
>> > since the variety of different systems on which Emacs is routinely
>> > tested is so small. Some positive evidence is required to deduce that
>> > the bug is in the underlying OS. Do you have such an evidence?
>>
>> An unprivileged process able to crash the OS is always a bug in the OS.
>
> Please re-read what I wrote: I also said that this doesn't necessarily
> mean there's no bug in Emacs.
Please re-read what I wrote: I also said that this is independent of
whether there is a workaround. An unprivileged process must _never_ be
able to crash the OS.
Andreas.
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bug#2956: marked as done (23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor), Emacs bug Tracking System, 2009/04/11