Subject: bug#2520: 23.0.91; Dies on SIGHUP

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:08:38 -0700

retitle 2520 Read configuration file on SIGUSR1
tags 2520 confirmed
thanks

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> So maybe rather than load the init file, we wan to use SIGUSR1 cause
>> Emacs to read ~/.emacs.d/sigusr1.el ?
>
> Sure, that would also make sense.  "Re-reading the startup file" sounds
> like a less hacky interface, though.
>
>> PS: FWIW, when this happens, I use gdb to attach to the process
>>     and "call (intern ("server-mode"));" from there.
>
> Heh.  Hadn't thought about that.

Retitling and adding the confirmed tag so this is easier to find.