Bug#762438: libgtk-3-0: makes emacs crash (Segmentation fault) when called from a git or svn directory

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: severity 699325 grave

since this bug is much more visible with gtk+ 3.13.9, making Emacs
unusable in common cases.

On 2014-09-22 14:27:39 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On 22/09/14 13:34, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Because in both cases the crash occurs in __GI_getenv from getenv.c,
> > I suspect that the problem with the new libgtk-3-0 is related to this
> > known bug, and just makes it occur much more often.
> 
> I don't think this is a grave ("renders package unusable") bug in Gtk;

The main problem is that libgtk-3-0 3.13.9-2 introduces a regression
in Emacs. Users may upgrade without knowing that, and just after, it
is too late. It was a pain to downgrade and make Emacs usable again
(despite the bug is still visible from time to time).

This is not acceptable for Emacs users. Perhaps libgtk-3-0 could
break with the current Emacs version... unless Emacs gets fixed
in the next few days.

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