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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: Re: bad nntpd connection crashed 20.3-b19
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org> writes:

sb> This is an XEmacs bug in that SIGPIPE's shouldn't crash the editor,
sb> but I'm seeing a pattern here.  Earlier today, I experienced an
sb> identical crash with Quassia Gnus.  I can't remember the last time
sb> Gnus 5.4 crashed on `g'.

sb> You don't say what version of Gnus, Quassia by any chance?

>> process-send-string(#<network connection "nntpd" ("nntp" . "news") state:exit>\n")OUP gnu.gcc.bug

sb> Note the `state:exit' in the backtrace.  Gnus ought to be able to see
sb> it.

Yes.  Gnus ought to handle nntp connections disappearing.  But no
matter whether it does or not, it should not be able to crash XEmacs.

Someone who can reproduce it should track it down...

Martin

