bug#44285: 27.1; Invalid function: make-local-variable

[noosphere]

%  gdb /usr/local/apps/emacs-27.1/bin/emacs-27.1.exe
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Reading symbols from /usr/local/apps/emacs-27.1/bin/emacs-27.1.exe...
(gdb) break Fsignal
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1005d712f: file eval.c, line 1565.
(gdb) r -Q --daemon
Starting program: /usr/local/apps/emacs-27.1/bin/emacs-27.1.exe -Q --daemon
[New Thread 1876.0xe28]
warning: Application 
"\??\C:\cygwin64\usr\local\apps\emacs-27.1\bin\emacs-27.1.exe" found in cache
[New Thread 1876.0xbd4]
emacs: Invalid function: make-local-variable
Error: server did not start correctly
[Thread 1876.0xbd4 exited with code 0]
[Thread 1876.0x71c exited with code 1]
[Inferior 1 (process 1876) exited with code 01]
(gdb) bt
No stack.


On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> [Please use Reply All to keep the bug tracker oon the CC list.]
> 
> > From: <noosphere@mailc.net>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:43:14 -0700
> > 
> > On Wed 28 Oct 2020 07:21:50 PM +02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > >
> > > Can you run Emacs under GDB and show the backtrace from the error
> > > locus?
> > 
> > Could someone tell me what commands I'd need to give GDB to have it
> > break at the point of interest?
> 
>   $ gdb ./emacs.exe
>   ...
>   (gdb) break Fsignal
>   (gdb) r -Q --daemon
> 
>