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29.0.50; Assert fails when browsing an URL

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Message #25 received at 58960-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, 58960-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#58960: 29.0.50; Assert fails when browsing an URL, bug#58960:
 29.0.50; Assert fails when browsing an URL
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:29:39 -0700

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On 11/2/22 08:09, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Why canʼt we just call `child_signal_init' from `init_process_emacs'
>> instead of `create_process'?
> Maybe we could.  Assuming the signal stuff is already set so early, I
> don't know exactly how posix_spawn works.

child_signal_init is reasonably heavyweight in that it keeps a couple of 
file descriptors open, so the idea is to be lazy and not call it unless 
Emacs plans to have children.

I installed the attached, which is like Robert's patch except it keeps 
the critical section smaller and checks the declaration of the 
now-extern function. Please give it a try. I'll boldly close the bug 
report; we can reopen it if I'm wrong.

[0001-Initialize-child-signal-handling-before-posix_spawn-.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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