GNU bug report logs - #3608
BG processes killed by start-process

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:10:09 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 3608-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3608-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3608: BG processes killed by start-process
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:58:18 +0200

JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Start-process seems to kill off child processes of which have been put
> into the background.
>
> Create a small shell script "bgtest":
>
> #!/bin/sh
> sleep 121 &
> exit 0
>
> and now
>
> (start-process "BGTEST" nil "bgtest")
>
> Notice that the sleep process has been killed, rather than waited on.

That's not a bug.  The session created for the process is closed when
the process exits, which causes the kernel to send SIGHUP to all
remaining processes in the session.

Andreas.

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