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

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: reassign -1 emacs24
Control: forcemerge -1 699325

On 22/09/14 16:24, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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).

There is no regression here. As you said, this also happens with older GTK+,
only not so often. As Simon explained, the problem is with how emacs is forking.
This really looks like a dup of #699325 so I'm reassigning and merging.

> 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.

A breaks is not a solution here.

Regards,
Emilio