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bug#9909: emacsclient -a "" -s server-name does not start/connect to nam
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
bug#9909: emacsclient -a "" -s server-name does not start/connect to named server |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:35:49 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) |
Gregor Zattler <telegrap@gmx.net> writes:
> Hi emacs developers,
>
> emacsclient -a ""
> starts a new server if there is none before and connects to it.
>
> I would expect that emacsclient -a "" -s my-server-name behaves the
> same but starts a server with server-name my-server-name and connects
> to this specific emacs server.
>
> But
>
> emacsclient.emacs-snapshot -a "" -s my-server-name
> does not start a server but instead says:
> emacsclient.emacs-snapshot: can't find socket; have you started the
> server?
> To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> Error: Could not start the Emacs daemon
>
> ps (1) shows no emacs server
>
>
> while
>
> emacsclient.emacs23 -a "" -s my-server-name
> starts a server but is not able to connect and says at the end of the
> output:
>
> Starting Emacs daemon.
> Emacs daemon should have started, trying to connect again
> emacsclient.emacs23: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> Error: Cannot connect even after starting the Emacs daemon
>
>
> ps (1) shows
> emacs --daemon=????t)????d)??
This regressions seems to have been introduced by change 105655.
In set_local_socket the value of socket_name is destroyed in case of
failing to connect to the server. That value is needed for starting the
daemon.