Re: GNU Emacs 28.0.50 crash (emacs-w32)

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

On 10/6/2021 11:38 AM, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> On 10/6/2021 10:22 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>> The test release of GNU Emacs 28.0.50 crashed on me when using
>> emacs-w32.  I can repeat this every time.  I attached the trace and
>> stackdump.
>>
>> Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
>> Take Command 27.01.24 x64
>> Opened a text file using emacs-w32
>> Ctrl-X Ctrl-C to exit Exit Emacs
>> I did not make any changes to the text file
> 
> Could this be the following problem that I mentioned in the release announcement?
> 
>> Compilation is done asynchronously, with a log in a buffer called
>> *Async-native-compile-log*.  If you run emacs-w32 and exit while a
>> compilation is in progress, you might see a dialog box saying that
>> emacs has aborted and asking if you want to attach a debugger.  Just
>> say No.  If this annoys you, check the compilation buffer before
>> exiting, and wait for the "Compilation finished" message.
> 
> I'll add one more thing that I didn't know when I wrote that: You can customize 
> the variable native-comp-async-query-on-exit if you want to be warned that there 
> are compilations in process when you exit.

Having said that, I'll still try to track down the cause of the crash.

Ken