GNU bug report logs - #36160
25.2; Emacs does not ask to save modified files when shutting down OS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Johan Pretorius <pretoriusjf <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 25.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 36160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, pretoriusjf <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#36160: 25.2;
 Emacs does not ask to save modified files when shutting down OS
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:24:32 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:36:21 -0400
> Cc: 36160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Johan Pretorius <pretoriusjf <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Shutdown sends SIGTERM, so Emacs could (auto)save on receipt of that
> signal (if it doesn't already do so?).

AFAIU, we don't: we just call kill-emacs.

But how to distinguish SIGTERM due to system shutdown and SIGTERM when
the user triggers the signal?
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