GNU bug report logs - #22814
25.0.91; Emacs runs out of file descriptors on OS X

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Caldwell <david <at> porkrind.org>

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.91

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 22814 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andlind <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#22814: 25.0.91; Emacs runs out of file descriptors on OS X
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:58:10 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: andlind <at> gmail.com,  22814 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:51:27 +0100
> 
> > Perhaps we shouldn't wait for a flood of bug reports, and do this
> > proactively?
> 
> I've explained my plans how to protect the libraries, using an internal
> limit. This shall avoid such a flood of bug reports.

I meant to do the above one emacs-25, and only there.

> And if the changes are small enough (likely they are), they could go
> even into the emacs-25 branch.

I very much doubt that we should install such non-trivial changes on
the release branch.  That's why I proposed to change the default,
which sounds like a much safer alternative.
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