Re: bug in server-start

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> --- src/emacs.c
>> +++ src/emacs.c
>> @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@
>> }
>> while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
>> -      if (retval < 0)
>> +      if (retval <= 0)
>> {
>> fprintf (stderr, "Error reading status from child\n");
>> exit (1);

> Indeed, we should return a non-zero status, but this patch ends up with
> this undesirable "Error reading status from child" message, so we want
> something better.

If only the error message is your concern, then one could check for
retval < 0 and retval == 0 separately.

Ulrich