GNU bug report logs - #68799
30.0.50; emacs --fg-daemon fails silently if server-start fails

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 68799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#68799: 30.0.50; emacs --fg-daemon fails silently if server-start fails
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:02:16 -0500

>> 1. emacs -Q --fg-daemon=/nonexistent/dir/sock
>> 2. Emacs prints "Starting Emacs daemon." and sits in foreground.
[...]
>> This is because in step 1, the server actually failed to start, but
>> Emacs did not log that at all.  In fact, it's impossible to access the
>> Emacs started in 1 now, since it's not actually running a server and it
>> has no frames.

The problem you point out later is real, but maybe more importantly we
should make sure that any error gets printed at step 2.


        Stefan
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