Bug#666691: libglib2.0-0 makes emacs23 freeze in terminal mode

[Michael Biebl]

reassign 666691 emacs23
found 666691 23.4+1-2
tags 666691 + patch
thanks

On 01.04.2012 02:52, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: libglib2.0-0
> Version: 2.32.0-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> + possible data loss from the shell
> 
> After upgrading to libglib2.0-0 2.32.0-2 or 2.32.0-3, emacs freezes in
> terminal mode (e.g. with "emacs -nw" or via ssh without X forwarding)
> and takes 100% CPU. Ctrl-G has no effect; it is not possible to quit
> (or kill) from the terminal. This occurs at least with xterm and
> gnome-terminal. If emacs is killed (e.g. with the kill command from
> another terminal), the typed characters are transmitted to the shell.
> 
> There is no such problem with libglib2.0-0 2.30.2-6.

Sounds like a bug in emacs.

Please try this patch from [1] (found via the Ubuntu package).

Michael


[1]
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=emacs.git;a=commitdiff;h=a2302b156dba1cc136e8363605d78a66eb3a92a6
[2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/23.3+1-1ubuntu7

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