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Emacs freezes when doing a gui-get-selection on OpenBSD

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From: Grégoire Jadi <gjadi <at> omecha.info>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, jca <at> wxcvbn.org, 29170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29170: 26.0.90; Emacs freezes when capturing an org-template
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2021 16:53:53 +0200

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

>> From: Grégoire Jadi <gjadi <at> omecha.info>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  29170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jca <at> wxcvbn.org
>> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2021 16:33:48 +0200
>> 
>> Please note that the real issue is not fixed.  The issue is in the
>> broken SIGIO code itself.  I was able to reproduce the bug by enabling
>> emacs_broken_SIGIO on Ubuntu LTS 20.04.  I didn't take the time to find
>> a fix though.
>
> There's no broken SIGIO code, AFAICT.  If the configure script detects
> that SIGIO is broken, it doesn't define USABLE_SIGIO, and then the
> code conditioned by USABLE_SIGIO is not used.

You're correct.  What I meant is that by disabling USABLE_SIGIO on
Ubuntu, I was able to reproduce the same freezes.  Hence, it is the
codepath used when USABLE_SIGIO is disabled that causes the issue.

Best,

-- 
gjadi
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