Re: long-standing GTK bug

[Stefan Monnier]

Óscar Fuentes [2021-05-10 16:13:43] wrote:
> Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:
>> Robert writes:
>>
>>> I think weʼre testing different things. Iʼm doing:
>>>
>>> 1. On A: start emacs, run a server
>>> 2. On B: ssh -X A, emacsclient -c
>>> 3. On B: kill the ssh process
>>> 4. Emacs crashes
>>
>> Yes, indeed we are. I am diverging:
>>
>>  3. On B: close the emacsclient frame
>>  4. On B: exit ssh
>>  5. Emacs survives.
>>
>> Without the patch, after (my) step 4 the prompt isn't returned until you
>> press ^C in the shell, and when you do press ^C, Emacs crashes.
>
> IIUC your patch solves the problem when the network connection is
> reliable, but Emacs still crashes if there is an abrupt disconnection.

IIUC the difference (with the patch) is between stopping ssh via `C-c` or
via `kill`.  I wonder why this matters, and I think it's not at all
obvious if an "abrupt" network disconnection would be more like `C-c` or
more like `kill`.


        Stefan