GNU bug report logs - #407
gpm server stop making emacs abort()

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Message #56 received at 407 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: 407 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#407 closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (gpm  server stop making emacs abort())
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:46:14 +1100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
> I've tried it out and it seems to be fine, so I installed it (at long
> last).

I'd wondered if it suffered some bit-rot in the interim (changes to
other stuff somewhere), but yes it seems to go.

> We're really relying too much on undocumented parts of the GPM API, tho.

I suspect it may be slightly geared towards a program that uses gpm all
the time and will exit if it goes away, so normally you don't care much
about a shutdown/disconnect.

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