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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Baylis Shanks <bshanks3 <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bshanks3 <at> hotmail.com, 28542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28542: Temporary failure in name resolution while quitting emacs
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:16:17 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Beware: calling Lisp when we are about to crash due to a fatal signal
> could cause more problems than it solves.

Indeed, but it's a hook runner -- it will almost inevitably call other
Lisp functions.

But by default, kill-emacs-hook is nil, so perhaps it would be a good
idea to check that first, and avoid calling the function if that's the
case.  I'll make that change.

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