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29.0.50; Cannot restart a named daemon/create two named dameons

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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55515 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55515: 29.0.50; Cannot restart a named daemon/create two named dameons
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 19:56:12 +0530

[வியாழன் மே 19, 2022] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 09:14:07 +0530
>> 
>> When trying to create two named daemons, Emacs get stuck.  The problem
>> is also exhibited when I close a named daemon and try to recreate it as
>> in,
>> 
>>     % emacs -Q --daemon --socket-name=a
>>     Starting Emacs daemon.
>>     % pkill emacs
>>     % emacs -Q --daemon --socket-name=a
>>     Starting Emacs daemon.
>>     ...
>> 
>> I don't get the prompt back after recreating the daemon.  If I use a
>> different socket-name, the same problem is exhibited.
>
> Why are you using "--socket-name=NAME" when starting the daemon?  That
> option is for emacsclient; the daemon should be invoked with the
> "--daemon-NAME" option instead.

Indeed, thanks for clarifying.  This is a case of a cockpit error.
Shame on me for not reading the manual carefully.  This bug can be
closed, thanks.

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