GNU bug report logs - #1112
23.0.60; Child process not cleaned up properly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Brent Goodrick" <bgoodr <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:25:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 1112 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Brent Goodrick" <bgoodr <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; Child process not cleaned up properly
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:23:28 -0400
> 1. M-x compile
> 2. Enter in: sudo apt-get install gimp-help-en
> 4. Kill the buffer, and expect the underlying process to die
> 5. Open up a shell, and type ps to see that the apt-get process still
>    exists

I suspect Emacs may fail to kill the process due to insufficient
permissions: it's a sudo process.

If you run Emacs with sudo, does the same problem appear?




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