GNU bug report logs - #28542
Temporary failure in name resolution while quitting emacs

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Message #35 received at 28542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 28542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, bshanks3 <at> hotmail.com
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#28542: Temporary failure in name resolution while quitting
 emacs
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:41:57 -0500

Robert Pluim wrote:

>>> No, I was talking about the interactive case.  Are you assuming that
>>> in the interactive case it is always possible to ask a question and
>>> get a response from the user?
>>
>> Isn't that usually the case?
>
> Iʼd say most of the time, but given the (incomprehensible to me)
> enthusiasm for running 'emacs --daemon', I wouldn't be surprised if
> there were cases where itʼs not true.

See https://debbugs.gnu.org/13697

Putting anything on kill-emacs-hook that may need user input will hang
Emacs in certain circumstances. (The lispref text on this reads clearly to me.)

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