Re: Segfault after bad value for meta-prefix-char

[Richard Stallman]

Does this patch fix the problem?

*** keymap.c    13 Jan 2005 14:48:46 -0500      1.299
--- keymap.c    20 Jan 2005 10:44:16 -0500      
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*** 528,533 ****
--- 528,537 ----
        struct gcpro gcpro1;
        Lisp_Object meta_map;
        GCPRO1 (map);
+       /* A strange value in which Meta is set would cause
+        infinite recursion.  Protect against that.  */
+       if (meta_prefix_char & CHAR_META)
+       meta_prefix_char = make_number (27);
        meta_map = get_keymap (access_keymap (map, meta_prefix_char,
                                            t_ok, noinherit, autoload),
                             0, autoload);