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bug#13653: 24.2.93; cygw32 in daemon mode aborts in response to kill com
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#13653: 24.2.93; cygw32 in daemon mode aborts in response to kill command |
Date: |
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:25:07 +0200 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 20:14:27 +0100
> Cc: 13653@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> writes:
>
> > In the cygw32 build, start emacs in daemon mode:
> >
> > $ emacs --daemon -Q
> >
> > Now kill it from the terminal:
> >
> > $ kill PID
> >
> > The result is an Emacs Abort Dialog box saying a fatal error has
> > occurred and asking me if I want to attach a debugger. I have two
> > problems with this. First, a kill command shouldn't cause emacs to
> > abort. Second, I don't think the cygw32 build should ever pop up an
> > abort dialog box. None of the other emacs builds on Cygwin do this,
> > so it's surprising and confusing to users.
>
> (This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)
>
> Are you still seeing this problem in more recent Emacs versions?
Assuming that Ken says this is still an issue: how does 'kill' work in
its Cygwin version? Specifically, is it possible that it runs the
signal handler in a separate thread, like what Windows does with
SIGINT handlers of console programs if one types Ctrl-C? If so, I
think I know the reason and can describe the details; fixing that is
not trivial, to say the least.