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Date:      Mon, 3 Aug 2020 21:38:29 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <x11@freebsd.org>, emacs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recent libX11 update broke emacs
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1vyareb_vDzBo5riOktOzz6NGkUMN=FtDjYgM5a8toURA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:48 PM Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 8/3/20 11:29 PM, Ashish SHUKLA wrote:
> > On 8/3/20 10:37 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> >> This is a weird problem and I'm uncertain if it is in libW11,
> >> x11-server, or emacs. As a result, I'm crossposting to both lists.
> >>
> >> Yesterday, after upgrading libX11 and x11-server, I could no longer ru=
n
> >> Emacs to an  X display. It crashed quickly with a segmentation error i=
n
> >> the pthread library. Oddly, I could run it to my local xserver from a
> >> remote system.
> >>
> >> Rolling back the x11 server did not help nor did rolling back libX11 o=
r
> >> even both of them. I had to roll back libX11 first and build the serve=
r
> >> with the old libX11. Rebuilding emacs with the new ports made no
> difference.
> >>
> >> Since the old libX11 contains a very serious vulnerability, I  really
> >> hate to leave it this way, but I also have a hard time getting anythin=
g
> >> done without emacs. Nothing other than emacs seems to have a problem
> >> with this.
> >>
> >> Any idea what is going on?
> >> --
> >> Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
> >> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com>
> >> PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > While waiting for updated ports to be rebuilt, could you provide
> > following details ?
> >
> > 0. output of: uname -a
> >
> > 1. output of: pkg info
> >
> > 2. output of: pkg info emacs
> >
> > 3. output of:
> >
> >    $ lldb -c /path/to/emacs-core-file.core -e $(which emacs)
> >    (lldb) bt all
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> Could you also provide the list of environment variables set in the
> Emacs launching environment ? Output of setenv (csh), or export (bash/zsh=
).
>
> Thanks!
> --
>
> Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682CDCC39DC0FEAE11620B6C746CFA9E74FA4B0
>
> =E2=80=9CWe are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.=E2=80=
=9D (John
> Naisbitt, "Megatrends")
> SHORT_HOST=3DROGUE
> OSTYPE=3DFreeBSD
> MM_CHARSET=3Diso-8859-1
> LANG=3Den_US.UTF-8
> DISPLAY=3D:0
> PWD=3D/home/oberman
> LOGNAME=3Doberman
> VENDOR=3Damd
> XIM_ARGS=3D--daemonize --xim
> CVS_RSH=3D/usr/bin/ssh
>
> MANPATH=3D/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/ma=
n:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.30/perl/man
> XAUTHORITY=3D/home/oberman/.Xauthority
> SHLVL=3D2
> BLOCKSIZE=3DK
> GTK_IM_MODULE=3Dibus
> COLORTERM=3Dtruecolor
> HOST=3Drogue
> GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=3D/home/oberman/.cache/keyring-FU5TO0
> WINDOWPATH=3D9
> MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=3Dthis-is-deprecated
> XIM=3Dibus
>
> DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=3Dunix:path=3D/tmp/dbus-6eQJ5S2C1a,guid=3Dc44349=
15cb7ef49af8882cfa5f28b6c1
> QT_SCALE_FACTOR=3D1
> MAIL=3D/var/mail/oberman
> GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=3D0
> HOSTTYPE=3DFreeBSD
> GROUP=3Dusers
> VTE_VERSION=3D5202
> SHELL=3D/bin/csh
> QT_IM_MODULE=3Dxim
> XIM_PROGRAM=3Dibus-daemon
> WINDOWID=3D33554471
> QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=3D0
> SESSION_MANAGER=3Dlocal/rogue:/tmp/.ICE-unix/47695
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=3DMATE
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=3D/home/oberman/.cache/keyring-FU5TO0/ssh
>
> PATH=3D/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/oberman/bin:/u=
sr/local/bin:/usr/local/ssl/bin:/usr/local/samba/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:/u=
sr/games
> PAGER=3Dmost
> TERM=3Dxterm-256color
> HOME=3D/home/oberman
> MACHTYPE=3Dx86_64
> XMODIFIERS=3D@im=3Dibus
> USER=3Doberman
> LC_COLLATE=3DC
> SSH_ASKPASS=3D/usr/local/bin/gnome-ssh-askpass2
> SSH_AGENT_PID=3D47672
>



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