GNU bug report logs - #53013
29.0.50; xwidget-webkit: SIGCHLD not being caught after xwidget-webkit buffer killed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Akira Kyle <akira <at> akirakyle.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 53013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 53013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Akira Kyle <akira <at> akirakyle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#53013: 29.0.50; xwidget-webkit: SIGCHLD not being caught
 after xwidget-webkit buffer killed
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:40:30 +0800

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Emacs does a lot of special things in handling subprocesses, and that
> is a very important feature.
>
> On general principles, I think that means we should perfect our own
> code rather than try to use code maintained by another project for
> this.

I'm not talking about replacing Emacs's own code with GLib's system
entirely, but just relying on GLib to tell us when a process exits,
instead of installing our own SIGCHLD handler.

Thanks.
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