Subject: bug#27804: 26.0.50; Emacs backgrounds itself during package-list-packages on WSL

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:34:53 -0400

Josh Howard wrote:

> When running Emacs in "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" (WSL) and executing
> M-x package-list-packages, you will get the typical list of packages.
> Hitting a movement key (C-n, down arrow, etc.) will cause Emacs to
> background (STOP) itself. You can 'fg' the process, but it's in
> essentially a useless state at that point. 

Does Microsoft support "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"?

https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/2088