GNU bug report logs - #57699
Assertion failure "lib_child_handler != dummy_handler"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 57934

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 57699-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 57699-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#57699: Assertion failure "lib_child_handler != dummy_handler"
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 16:27:43 -0500
On 9/9/22 12:13, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Perhaps Paul has some comments here; added to the CCs.

Stefan's patch looks good so I installed it (with my comments :-).

At some point Emacs should probably use the superior method of clone3 
with CLONE_PIDFD and waitid if available, so that it can avoid the 
hackery and races entailed by SIGCHLD.





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