On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 03:10:04PM +0800, aidan wrote: > - > > To the GNU Info maintainers, > > Hello. I believe I have found a reproducible crash in the standalone Info > reader. > -
I can confirm this. It doesn't just crash but seemed to freeze up my system for a few seconds, before exiting and "illed" (sic) was printed at the commmand line. Running this in gdb I can see that the program is terminated with SIGKILL. In fact, it is killed even without pressing return, if you hold tab down for long enough. I haven't tracked down exactly where the crash occurs yet but it is somewhere in info_read_in_echo_area or read_and_dispatch_in_echo_area in echo-area.c. I will investigate more in the next couple of days as I have time. > > > - > > Program: standalone info 7.2 (not inside Emacs) > - > > Environment: arch linux (6.17.5-arch1-1), TTY2 (ctrl+alt+f2) > - > > Action sequence: > > 1. > > Launch info > 2. > > Press G (or M-x menu-sequence) > 3. > > Press TAB repeatedly (hold down for about 5 seconds) > 4. > > Press ENTER immediately > > - > > Result: Info crashes
