Re: multi-tty branch + GTK (Re: copyrights to be fixed)

[Jan Djärv]

Richard Stallman skrev:
>     (Disconnections can not be prevented entirely, though: Emacs/GTK crashes
>     on both branches if a server connection is cut or a server crashes.  In
>     some use cases, this happens regularly, by design: e.g., if the user
>     runs emacsclient to create a frame on an ssh-forwarded remote X server,
>     then later logs out from the ssh session, the server connection is
>     closed, unintentionally SEGVing the Emacs process.  I think we should
>     document this in PROBLEMS.)
>
> Yes, would someone please do so?
>
> However, once the multi-tty branch handles this just as well as
> the current version, this issue is no longer an obstacle to merging in
> the multi-tty branch.

We alredy have a workaround in place (gtkutil.c):

  /* GTK 2.2-2.8 has a bug that makes gdk_display_close crash (bug
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715).  This way
     we can continue running, but there will be memory leaks.  */

#if GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GTK_MINOR_VERSION < 10
  g_object_run_dispose (G_OBJECT (gdpy));
#else
  /* This seems to be fixed in GTK 2.10. */
  gdk_display_close (gdpy);
#endif


But I don't have all versions of Gtk+ in place, so if anybody can confirm that 
this does not work on some Gtk+ version, we can skip the g_object_run_dispose 
call also.

        Jan D.