Re: emacs dumps core using gnus

[Robert]

On Sun, 03 Feb 2002, eliz@is.elta.co.il wrote:

>> From: Robert <robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>
>> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 18:31:24 +0000
>> 
>> That in libungif4-4.1.0-12mdk.rpm
>> Came with Mandrake 8.0
> 
> I'm not sure what that means: is that version 4.4.1.0 or 4.1.0?
> 
> There's a node in the file INSTALL in the Emacs distribution that
> warns specifically about version 4.1.0 of libungif, saying it could
> crash Emacs.  So I think it's important to find out what version are
> you using.
> 

The rpm contains
/usr/share/doc/libungif4-4.1.0/README (and a few other files in that
directory) 
so I'd guess that its 4.4.1.0 assuming it hass been packaged correctly

> Or perhaps it would be easier to download the latest libungif from
> the site mentioned in INSTALL, build it, and then rebuild Emacs and
> see if the crashes persist.

I may give that a go just in case..

R
-- 
Robert Marshall