From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1985 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2007 01:01:25 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Aug 2007 01:01:25 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 43650 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2007 01:01:19 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 26 Aug 2007 01:01:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 27484 invoked by alias); 26 Aug 2007 01:01:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23799 Received: (qmail 10686 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:54:34 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Aug 2007 17:54:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 15195 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:54:34 -0000 Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (69.17.117.8) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Aug 2007 17:54:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 27636 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:54:24 -0000 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 25 Aug 2007 17:54:24 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IOzq2-0007U7-Cg; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:54:22 -0700 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:54:22 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: Peter Stephenson Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 439425-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#439425: Random, but fairly regular, zsh segfaults Message-ID: <20070825175422.GC4335@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20070825145112.GA24393@scowler.net> <200708251750.l7PHoCTD003747@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200708251750.l7PHoCTD003747@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 06:50:12PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote: > Clint Adams wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:40:26PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell > > wrote: > > > zsh does the following to me fairly regularily; this seems > > > different to me than the other segfault bug reports. It seems > > > to do it slightly more often in my root shells. It seems to > > > motly occur when I'm typing ahead (due to engaging in > > > complicated history searching or whatever during machine > > > slowdowns). > > > > > > I'm not sure how to get further data on this; it's pretty > > > random. I'd be happy to work with the maintainer or upstream > > > people, but note that I'm AFK from 28 Aug 2007 to 11 Sep 2007. > > > > What are your history-related options? What are the values of > > $HISTSIZE and $SAVEHIST ? > > It would be good to get a backtrace with full debugging > information (configure with --enable-zsh-debug; it shouldn't make > any difference to normal use), also to know how you're invoking > the history search mechanism (there are lots of ways in). Recompiling zsh will have to wait until I'm back from Japan; sorry. I use "bindkey -v", and the most common ways I get to the history are ESC-k and ESC-/ -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/