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24.0.50; emacsclient -c does the wrong thing when compiled without X

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Message #38 received at 8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net>
Cc: 8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8314: 24.0.50;
	emacsclient -c does the wrong thing when compiled without X
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:38:33 +0800

PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net> writes:

> 1) Build emacs with '--with-x=no'.
> 2) Start emacs with '--daemon'.
> 3) From a terminal emulator under X, such as gnome-terminal, with the
> $DISPLAY environment variable set, run 'emacsclient -c'.
>
> Expected: Same behavior as when no display is available, which is to
> fall back to the tty.
> Observed: "Waiting for Emacs..." is printed to the terminal, then
> emacsclient exits with nothing else apparently happening.
>
> It DOES fall back to the terminal if the DISPLAY env variable is set to ''.

Fixed in trunk.  Thanks for the report.

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