GNU bug report logs - #56002
src/process.c; make-process fails to clean up stderr process on early exit

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 56002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56002: src/process.c; make-process fails to clean up stderr process on early exit
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:36:58 +0200

Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> * src/process.c (Fmake_process): Move the call to create the stderr
> process as late as possible to avoid having to clean up stderrproc in
> the event of an error prior to the call to create_process. This change
> is needed to ensure that when called with :query-stderr t (aka the
> default behavior prior to the addition of :query-stderr) make-process
> will not leak the stderr process if a call to make-process fails.
> Also adds a new keyword argument :query-stderr to control whether to
> query on exit the stderr process (if one is created). (bug#56002)

I think this makes sense...  Eli, any comments?

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