Re: error in server-running-p on M$

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:00:16 +0100
> From: "Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 13:51, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > I don't see any practical conclusions reached in that thread.  Am I
> > missing something?
> 
> No. As it happens in many other discussions, there was no practical
> conclusion reached.

Perhaps we should use the bug tracker for tracking issues as well, not
just bug reports.

> > How about if we fix server-running-p now, to DTRT for TCP sockets?
> 
> Someone would have to answer my question, which is: what is the stated
> purpose of `server-running-p'?

In that thread, Stefan answered it.

> The changes I proposed would allow simple detection of running TCP
> servers on the same machine (without using net services, which could
> cause delays), as long as they are using the same configuration
> (specifically, server-name).

Can you point me to these changes, or post them?  I don't think I saw
any diffs in that thread.

> Do we want to do something about
> 
>   emacs --eval "(progn (setq server-name \"one\") (server-mode 1))"
>   emacs --eval "(progn (setq server-name \"two\") (server-mode 1))"
> 
> ?

Sorry, I don't follow: how is this related to the issue at hand?