GNU bug report logs - #13289
bookmarks not saved if kill Emacs from command-line

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Message #29 received at 13289-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>, 13289-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13289: 24.2; bookmark didn't save when using emacsclient
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:50:51 +0800

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The reason is the following.  The above call to `pp' contains a call to
> `scan-lists' which is enclosed in `ignore-errors'.  Normally, the error
> is caught and `pp' goes on to do its job.  However, because the hook is
> being run while Emacs is in a sigterm handler waiting to die (so that
> waiting_for_input is true), the Fsignal aborts Emacs instead of
> signalling a Lisp error:

The straightforward fix---setting waiting_for_input to 0 in
Fkill_emacs---seems to work fine, so I went ahead and committed it to
trunk.

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