GNU bug report logs - #31848
[macOS] M-x server-start crashes if extraneous server file exists

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Harper <timcharper <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:31:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 32376

Found in version 26.1

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: Tim Harper <timcharper <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>, 31848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31848: 26.1; M-x server-start crashes if extraneous server file exists
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:01:12 +0200

Tim Harper <timcharper <at> gmail.com> writes:

> It is probably an OS X only crash.
>
> Emacs won't write the file unless if server-use-tcp is enabled. Customize it, enable
> server-use-tcp (set to true), save for future sessions. Restart emacs. Launch
> server. If the folder doesn't exist, Emacs will create it and assign 700 perms.
>
> I've reproduced with a vanilla configuration of Emacs to rule out the possibility it is
> a conflict with some other extension I've installed.

I tried reproducing this in Emacs 28 on Catalina, and I was unable to.

Has the problem gone away in the meantime?

If not, do you have a more precise test case that demonstrates the issue?  

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