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

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Message #23 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 <at> akirakyle.com
Subject: Re: bug#53013: 29.0.50; xwidget-webkit: SIGCHLD not being caught
 after xwidget-webkit buffer killed
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:37:03 +0800

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

> I don't know enough to have an opinion in detail, but on general
> principles I suggest that we fix our own code.  Depending on an
> external package for little bits of Emacs is asking for trouble.  Our
> code can have bugs, and the Glib code can have bugs, but if our
> code has bugs, there is no obstacle to our using a fixed version.

I'm only proposing to use GLib's code in Emacs builds that have GLib.
(Those which use GTK+, for example, must have GLib.)

The reason is that GLib resets the Emacs SIGCHLD handler at random
spots, which is very difficult to work around.

Thanks.

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