bug#58232: 29.0.50; alloc.c:879: assertion failed: 0 < item_size && 0 < nitems_incr_min && 0 <= n0 && -1 <= nitems_max

[Visuwesh]

[ஞாயிறு அக்டோபர் 02, 2022] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> The core file can only be debugged on your system, so posting it is
> not useful.  You start GDB like this:
>
>    $ gdb /path/to/emacs/src/emacs core
>
> (where "core" should be replaced with the actual absolute file name of
> the core file), and then you can type "bt" at GDB prompt to show the
> backtrace from the abort site.

Reading symbols from src/emacs...
BFD: warning: /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs/core has a segment extending past end 
of file
[New LWP 1524]

warning: Error reading shared library list entry at 0x6237303032326633
Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.
Core was generated by `emacs -Q'.
Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
#0  0x00007f772b28957c in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007f772b28957c in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fffa3849170

I'm observing something weird here.  If I say "emacs -Q", then I get an
abort however if I say "src/emacs -Q", Emacs launches just fine.
"emacs" in my PATH refers to "src/emacs"...