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24.3.91; Problem with `emacs --daemon' in cygw32 build

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From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: 17510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17510: 24.3.91; Problem with `emacs --daemon' in cygw32 build
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 16:06:20 -0400

On 5/16/2014 1:50 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> This bug was reported in the Cygwin mailing list:
>
>    https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-05/msg00303.html
>
> In a Cygwin terminal, do the following, where "emacs" denotes the cygw32
> build of emacs (--with-w32).
>
> 1. $ emacs --daemon -Q
> 2. $ emacsclient -c
> 3. `C-x 5 0' in the client window to exit the frame.
> 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
> 5. Attempt to carry out steps 2 and 3 a third time.  The message
> "Waiting for Emacs..." appears in the terminal, but no new frame opens.
>
> This problem is specific to the cygw32 build; it does not happen with
> the X11 build of emacs on Cygwin.  It also doesn't happen if the server
> is started via `M-x server-start' in an existing emacs.

And it doesn't happen in emacs-24.3.  As soon as I have a chance, I'll 
do a bisection to see when it started.

Ken

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