GNU bug report logs - #22225
25.0.50; stop-process appears to have no effect on Linux

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: raman <raman <at> google.com>

Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:59:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: raman <raman <at> google.com>
Cc: 22225 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22225: Acknowledgement (25.0.50; stop-process appears to have no effect on Linux )
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:17:03 -0700

>>>>> "raman" == raman  <raman <at> google.com> writes:

raman> help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) writes:
raman> Following up with additional info:

raman> Note that signal-process does work in the same environment for the  same
raman> example -- ie this code fragment behaves as expected.
raman> (setq proc
raman>       (let ((process-connection-type nil))
raman>         (start-process "mplayer" nil "mplayer"
raman> (expand-file-name "emacspeak.mp3" emacspeak-sounds-directory))))
raman> (signal-process  proc 'sigstop) ;suspends it

FWIW, stop-process uses SIGTSTP, not SIGSTOP, so this isn't exactly
equivalent.

Does your snippet work if you use 'sigtstp instead?

Tom
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 168 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.