crash while reading and sending e-mail with VM

[Greg A. Woods]

In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (i386-unknown-netbsdelf1.5W, X toolkit)
 of 2001-11-13 on proven
configured using `configure  --verbose --with-xpm --with-jpeg --with-tiff 
--with-gif --with-png --with-pop --with-ipv6 --prefix=/usr/local 
--with-x-toolkit=athena'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

The following crash happened while I was using ViewMail-6.97.  I had
just recently viewed and forwarded some messages that may have contained
invalid coding for international characters.....


16:22 [1517] $ gdb /usr/local/bin/emacs ~/emacs.core 
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This GDB was configured as "i386--netbsd"...
Core was generated by `emacs'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libtiff.so.3...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libjpeg.so.62...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libpng.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm387.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libungif.so.5...done.
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libXpm.so.4...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libossaudio.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtermcap.so.0...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.12...done.
#0  0x4840749b in kill ()
DISPLAY = very.weird.com:0.0
TERM = xterm
Breakpoint 1 at 0x80ce14b: file emacs.c, line 387.
Breakpoint 2 at 0x80b5356: file xterm.c, line 12015.
(gdb) where
#0  0x4840749b in kill ()
#1  0x80ce141 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:354
#2  0xbfbfdfdc in ?? ()
#3  0x810caa0 in compact_small_strings () at alloc.c:1635
#4  0x810c97d in sweep_strings () at alloc.c:1542
#5  0x810f9db in gc_sweep () at alloc.c:4923
#6  0x810ed99 in Fgarbage_collect () at alloc.c:4189
#7  0x8144be9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=945262836, vector=1213705984, maxdepth=9)
    at bytecode.c:751
#8  0x811fa10 in funcall_lambda (fun=1213696192, nargs=3, 
    arg_vector=0xbfbfbb4c) at eval.c:2847
#9  0x811f641 in Ffuncall (nargs=4, args=0xbfbfbb48) at eval.c:2712
#10 0x8144b61 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=945257956, vector=1213079808, maxdepth=6)
    at bytecode.c:716
#11 0x811fa10 in funcall_lambda (fun=1213686208, nargs=3, 
    arg_vector=0xbfbfbc24) at eval.c:2847
#12 0x811f641 in Ffuncall (nargs=4, args=0xbfbfbc20) at eval.c:2712
#13 0x8144b61 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=945257764, vector=1213687136, maxdepth=4)
    at bytecode.c:716
#14 0x811fa10 in funcall_lambda (fun=1213687008, nargs=2, 
    arg_vector=0xbfbfbd94) at eval.c:2847
#15 0x811f641 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbfbfbd90) at eval.c:2712
#16 0x811f130 in run_hook_with_args (nargs=3, args=0xbfbfbd90, 
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    cond=to_completion) at eval.c:2326
#17 0x811efc8 in Frun_hook_with_args (nargs=3, args=0xbfbfbd90) at eval.c:2221
#18 0x811f532 in Ffuncall (nargs=4, args=0xbfbfbd8c) at eval.c:2658
#19 0x8144b61 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=944196244, vector=1213261440, maxdepth=8)
    at bytecode.c:716
#20 0x811fa10 in funcall_lambda (fun=1212170752, nargs=2, 
    arg_vector=0xbfbfbe70) at eval.c:2847
#21 0x811f641 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbfbfbe6c) at eval.c:2712
#22 0x8144b61 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=944196276, vector=1212170496, maxdepth=4)
    at bytecode.c:716
#23 0x811fa10 in funcall_lambda (fun=1212171104, nargs=1, 
    arg_vector=0xbfbfbff8) at eval.c:2847
#24 0x811f641 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbfbfbff4) at eval.c:2712
#25 0x811de62 in internal_condition_case_2 (bfun=0x811f308 <Ffuncall>, 
    nargs=2, args=0xbfbfbff4, handlers=405301492, 
    hfun=0x805c530 <safe_eval_handler>) at eval.c:1350
#26 0x805c609 in safe_call (nargs=2, args=0xbfbfbff4) at xdisp.c:1332
#27 0x805c635 in safe_call1 (fn=407791692, arg=1) at xdisp.c:1352
#28 0x805d8e7 in handle_fontified_prop (it=0xbfbfc104) at xdisp.c:2242
#29 0x805d46e in handle_stop (it=0xbfbfc104) at xdisp.c:2002
#30 0x806026e in reseat (it=0xbfbfc104, pos={charpos = 1, bytepos = 1}, 
    force_p=1) at xdisp.c:4008
#31 0x805cf13 in init_iterator (it=0xbfbfc104, w=0x8d7fa00, charpos=1, 
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    bytepos=1, row=0x8e80000, base_face_id=DEFAULT_FACE_ID) at xdisp.c:1691
#32 0x805cfba in start_display (it=0xbfbfc104, w=0x8d7fa00, pos={charpos = 1, 
      bytepos = 1}) at xdisp.c:1710
#33 0x806a328 in try_window (window=1222113792, pos={charpos = 1, bytepos = 1})
    at xdisp.c:10557
#34 0x8069709 in redisplay_window (window=1222113792, just_this_one_p=0)
    at xdisp.c:10230
#35 0x8067094 in redisplay_windows (window=1222680576) at xdisp.c:9182
#36 0x8067084 in redisplay_windows (window=1224523264) at xdisp.c:9180
#37 0x8066846 in redisplay_internal (preserve_echo_area=0) at xdisp.c:8786
#38 0x80657e6 in redisplay () at xdisp.c:8231
#39 0x80d19d1 in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=3, maps=0xbfbfcb5c, 
    prev_event=405179396, used_mouse_menu=0xbfbfcba0) at keyboard.c:2272
#40 0x80d8374 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0xbfbfcc98, bufsize=30, 
    prompt=405179396, dont_downcase_last=0, can_return_switch_frame=1, 
    fix_current_buffer=1) at keyboard.c:8180
#41 0x80d069e in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1440
#42 0x811dcd6 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x80d03d8 <command_loop_1>, 
    handlers=405301492, hfun=0x80d007c <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1267
#43 0x80d02e1 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1245
#44 0x811d967 in internal_catch (tag=405253844, 
    func=0x80d02c8 <command_loop_2>, arg=405179396) at eval.c:1030
#45 0x80d029c in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1224
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#46 0x80cfe79 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:950
#47 0x80cff85 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1006
#48 0x80cf075 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfbfcf38, envp=0xbfbfcf40)
    at emacs.c:1547
#49 0x804ebb9 in ___start ()
(gdb) 



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