GNU bug report logs - #16599
24.3.50; src/temacs --daemon fails to start

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee <at> linaro.org>

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:36:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker <at> bennee.com>
Cc: 16599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: bug#16599: src/temacs --daemon fails
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:51:46 +0200

> From: Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker <at> bennee.com>
> Cc: Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker <at> bennee.com>, Eli Zaretskii
>  <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 16599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:40:35 +0000
> 
> Why did the syms_of_emacs() function feel the need to initialise daemon_pipe?

Because in a dumped Emacs, daemon_pipe might hold a stale value from
before the dumping.

Does the patch below solve this problem?

=== modified file 'src/emacs.c'
--- src/emacs.c	2014-01-20 19:44:56 +0000
+++ src/emacs.c	2014-02-17 15:48:44 +0000
@@ -2550,5 +2550,6 @@ libraries; only those already known by E
 #endif
 
   /* Make sure IS_DAEMON starts up as false.  */
-  daemon_pipe[1] = 0;
+  if (initialized)
+    daemon_pipe[1] = 0;
 }
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