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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker <at> bennee.com>
Subject: bug#16599: src/temacs --daemon fails
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:03:01 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.

But syms_of_emacs is not called in a dumped Emacs.

Andreas.

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