Re: bug in server-start

[Juanma Barranquero]

>> In contrast, I see no mention of server-force-delete, so they probably won't
>> know what to do about it except remove server-start from their .emacs, or put
>> it in a condition-case.

Additional info: I've explained how server-force-delete would help in
your case (if you want the second instance to take over the server
duties).

That said, server-force-delete is more of a user command. The right
thing to do (so to speak) is making sure that you're not starting two
instances with the same name, or that the second one refuses to start.

Perhaps the current behavior of server-start when it detects a server
collision, i.e. erroring out, is too harsh and what Sven Joachim
proposed is better: just show a message and don't start the server.
WDYT?

    Juanma