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 vfatal
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1005d1444: file term.c, line 4404.
(gdb) r -Q --daemon
Starting program: /usr/local/apps/emacs-27.1/bin/emacs-27.1.exe -Q --daemon
[New Thread 4008.0xc10]
warning: Application 
"\??\C:\cygwin64\usr\local\apps\emacs-27.1\bin\emacs-27.1.exe" found in cache
[New Thread 4008.0xd2c]
emacs: Invalid function: make-local-variable
Error: server did not start correctly
[Thread 4008.0xd2c exited with code 0]
[Thread 4008.0x9a8 exited with code 1]
[Inferior 1 (process 4008) exited with code 01]
(gdb) bt
No stack.


On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:46:45 -0700
> > From: noosphere@mailc.net
> > Cc: 44285@debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > (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.
> 
> OK, now try the same, but instead of
> 
>   (gdb) break Fsignal
> 
> say
> 
>   (gdb) break vfatal
> 
> Thanks.
>