view etc/future-bug @ 63323:ccf928f0383c

(x_create_x_image_and_pixmap) [HAVE_NTGUI]: Cast 4th arg to CreateDIBSection to avoid a compiler warning. (pbm_load): Cast 3rd arg to IMAGE_BACKGROUND to avoid a compiler warning. (png_load): Cast return values of fn_png_create_read_struct and fn_png_create_info_struct, to avoid compiler warnings on W32. Cast 3rd arg to IMAGE_BACKGROUND and image_background_transparent to avoid compiler warnings. (jpeg_load): Cast return value of fn_jpeg_std_error to avoid a compiler warning on W32. Cast 3rd arg to IMAGE_BACKGROUND to avoid a compiler warning. (tiff_load): Cast return values of fn_TIFFOpen and fn_TIFFClientOpen to avoid compiler warning on W32. Cast 3rd arg to IMAGE_BACKGROUND to avoid a compiler warning. (gif_load): Cast return values of fn_DGifOpenFileName and fn_DGifOpen to avoid compiler warnings on W32. Cast 3rd arg to IMAGE_BACKGROUND to avoid a compiler warning. (DrawText) [HAVE_NTGUI || MAC_OS]: If already defined, undef before redefining.

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2199 21:03:50 -0600
From: Karl Fogel <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: M-x search-backward-in-time broken...
X-Windows: you'll envy the dead.

In GNU Emacs 51.70.4 (i9986-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of Sat Feb  20 2199 on floss
configured using `configure  --with-x-toolkit=yes'

        The `search-backward-in-time' function appears to be broken in
Emacs 51.70.

        Unfortunately, I can never seem to start the debugger early
enough to catch the error as it happens.  However I have traced the
problem through source by eye, and it looks like `time-forward' can't
handle negative arguments anymore.  This is consistent with other
symptoms: for example, `undo' (which since 51.25 has worked by passing
a negative arg to `time-forward') is also broken.  However, `do' still
works -- it seems that `time-forward' continues to handle positive
arguments just fine.

        No one here-and-now can figure out how to fix the problem,
because the code for `time-forward' is so hairy.  We're using M-x
report-future-emacs-bug to request that you folks include more
comments when you write it (sometime in 2198 as I recall).

        Thanks!

-Karl Fogel   <[e-mail]>


P.S. You'll be pleased to know that since (time-forward N) still works
     for N >= 0, we've used it to pre-emptively update configure.in.
     Emacs now configures and builds on every platform that will ever
     be made.  It wasn't easy, but at least that's one problem out of
     the way for good.  If you'd like the patch, just ask.