GNU bug report logs - #1474
23.0.60; desktop.el don't check if pid in his lock file is always in use

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:55:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 25232

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 1474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org,
        emacs <at> gentoo.org
Subject: bug#1474: 23.0.60; desktop.el don't check if pid in his lock file is always in use
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:30:26 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> (Gentoo provide an init script to start emacs --daemon as service with openrc)
>
> That sounds "brain-dead" since Emacs is not useful to the system, only
> to its users.

The init script is started in a by user process with a symlink, in the
same manner as net.eth1 is a symlink of net.lo.
So the init script is started as /etc/init.d/emacs.<USER> and the
process is started as <USER>.
That's a concept, it's interesting, and can interest other users.
-- 
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France
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