Multiple instances of xemacs running when spawning subprocess

This bug report will be sent to the XEmacs Development Team, not to your local site managers!! Please write in English, because the XEmacs maintainers do not have translators to read other languages for them. Please describe as succinctly as possible: - What happened. - What you thought should have happened. - Precisely what you were doing at the time. Please also include any C or lisp back-traces that you may have. ================================================================ Dear Bug Team! I'm running xemacs 21.4.3 on cygwin 1.3.3. When reading news using Gnus 5.8.8, I regularly launches iexplore to browse urls posted in news articles. This seems to spawn a new instance of xemacs. This is not very nice on the system as each instance requires 25-30mb memory. I.e. when spawning 8 instances of iexplore, I have 9 instances of xemacs running (requiring 270mb of memory) in addition to the 8 (expected) instances of iexplorer (setq browse-url-generic-program "/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe") (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic) I assume its a problem with the way processes are spawned using cygwin (fork?) but I'm not sure whether this is a bug in xemacs, gnus or cygwin... rgds Jeppe ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-4.0 SHALOM 1.3.1(0.38/3/2) 2001-04-24 20:01 i686 unknown ./configure '--use-union-type' '--with-netinstall' '--with-x=no' '--with-site-lisp' '--bindir=/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin' XEmacs 21.4.3 "Academic Rigor" configured for `i686-pc-cygwin'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /build/xemacs/xemacs Installation prefix: /usr/local Operating system description file: `s/cygwin32.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow -Wsign-compare -Wpointer-arith Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes Window System: Compiling in support for the Microsoft window system. Using MS-Windows menubars. Using MS-Windows scrollbars. Using MS-Windows dialog boxes. Using MS-Windows native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for PostgreSQL. - Using PostgreSQL header file: postgresql/libpq-fe.h - Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings. Internationalization: Compiling in support for file coding. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Other Features: Using the union type for Lisp_Objects. Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- (/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/jde-2.2.8/lisp/setnu /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/edit-utils/setnu /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/speedbar /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/speedbar /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-w3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-w3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-texinfo /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-rmail /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-info /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-info /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-image /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-image /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/sb-gud /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/sb-gud /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/rpm /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/rpm /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/dframe /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/dframe /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/speedbar-0.14beta1/bigclock /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/speedbar/bigclock) Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- ((xslt-process :version 1.05 :type regular) (xemacs-devel :version 1.37 :type single-file) (xemacs-base :version 1.55 :type regular) (w3 :version 1.2 :type regular) (view-process :version 1.11 :type regular) (vc :version 1.28 :type regular) (textools :version 1.12 :type regular) (text-modes :version 1.32 :type single-file) (texinfo :version 1.2 :type regular) (supercite :version 1.18 :type regular) (strokes :version 1.08 :type regular) (speedbar :version 1.21 :type regular) (sh-script :version 1.13 :type regular) (sgml :version 1.08 :type regular) (scheme :version 1.11 :type regular) (reftex :version 1.23 :type regular) (psgml :version 1.23 :type regular) (ps-print-nomule :version 1.05 :type regular) (prog-modes :version 1 .41 :type single-file) (pcomplete :version 1.01 :type regular) (pcl-cvs :version 1.55 :type regular) (pc :version 1.2 :type single-file) (os-utils :version 1.25 :type single-file) (net-utils :version 1.22 :type single-file) (mailcrypt :version 2.09 :type regular) (mail-lib :version 1.39 :type regular) (ispell :version 1.23 :type regular) (ilisp :version 1.19 :type regular) (igrep :version 1.08 :type regular) (hm--html-menus :version 1.16 :type regular) (gnus :version 1.57 :type regular) (fsf-compat :version 1.09 :type single-file) (footnote :version 1.13 :type regular) (emerge :version 1.09 :type regular) (elib :version 1.08 :type single-file) (efs :version 1.26 :type regular) (edit-utils :version 1.69 :type single-file) (ediff :version 1.31 :type regular) (edebug :version 1.14 :type regular) (dired :version 1.11 :type regular) (debug :version 1.14 :type regular) (cc-mode :version 1.26 :type regular) (bbdb :version 1.16 :type regular) (apel :version 1.2 :type regular)) Features: -------- (xemacsbug shadow hyper-apropos w3-style w3-hot url-file url-cache w3-xemac w3-xemacs w3-toolbar xbm-button xpm-button images url-http url-cookie urlauth w3 w3-menu url-news url-gw w3-script w3-jscript w3-elisp w3-java w3-emulate w3-auto w3-parse w3-cfg w3-sysdp flow-fill gnus-srvr overlay flyspell ispell mail-extr gnus-score score-mode gnus-picon w3-forms w3-display w3-imap w3-widget css w3-mouse w3-vars w3-cus w3-keyword url mm mule-sysdp url-parse url-vars sort smiley annotations gnus-cite gnus-async timezone gnus-ml gnus-msg gnus-art mm-uu mm-view gnus-topic gnus-sum gnus-group gnus-undo nndraft nnmh nnfolder utf7 imap pop3 env nnml gnus-cache nnmail mail-source format-spec efs-cu nntp nnoo gnus-start gnus-range gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-win gnus gnus-ems gnus-xmas message messagexmas mml mm-decode mm-encode mailcap mm-bodies uudecode mail-parse rfc2045 rfc2231 rfc2047 qp ietf-drums mail-abbrevs sendmail mailheader gnus-util time-date parse-time nnheader nnheaderxm mail-utils mm-util mail-prsvr font disp-table blink-cursor paren blink-paren big-menubar jde executable jde-package jde-import jde-which-method jde-stat jde-javadoc jde-javadoc-gen jde-java-font-lock jde-bug jde-dbs jde-dbo jde-help jde-wiz jde-widgets tree-widget jde-complete beanshell browse-url jde-gen tempo jde-make compile jde-run jde-db jde-parse jde-imenu regexp-opt semantic-imenu jde-java-grammar semantic-java eieio avltree stack-m elib-node semantic-ctxt semantic-bnf semantic-sb speedbar sb-image dframe semantic-util assoc semantic working gud tags etags comint ring jde-compile cus-edit cus-load semantic-load func-menu cua-mode backup-dir view-less view efs-ovwrt default-dir recent-files redo info font-lock cc-mode cc-align cc-cmds cc-engine cc-styles cc-langs cc-vars wid-edit cc-menus imenu cc-defs face-list advice advice-preload color-theme edmacro cus-face tex-site tex-mik mwheel xslt-process-autoloads xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads w3-autoloads view-process-autoloads vc-autoloads textools-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads supercite-autoloads strokes-autoloads speedbar-autoloads sh-script-autoloads sgml-autoloads scheme-autoloads reftex-autoloads psgml-autoloads ps-print-nomule-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads pcomplete-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads ispell-autoloads ilisp-autoloads igrep-autoloads hm--html-menus-autoloads gnus-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads footnote-autoloads emerge-autoloads elib-autoloads efs-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads dired-autoloads debug-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads bbdb-autoloads apel-autoloads lisp-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar mode-motion mouse itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete help-nomule cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp postgresqlv7 postgresql file-coding mswindows-scrollbars mswindows tty-frames tty toolbar native-sound scrollbar unix-processes multicast network-streams subprocesses menu-accelerator-support menubar dbm md5 xemacs gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type cygwin32 dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user M-x s u b TAB BS BS BS b u f g BS BS TAB g TAB f1 a b u g RET down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down next next next down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down down up up up up up up up RET M-x r e p o r TAB RET Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Starting new Ispell process... (Next local Ispell command will use american dictionary) (Next local Ispell command will use american dictionary) Ispell process killed Loading xemacsbug...done Loading xemacsbug... Quit Making completion list... Is news Generating summary...done Generating summary... Fetching headers for sci.op-research...done Fetching headers for sci.op-research... Retrieving newsgroup: sci.op-research... Is news Generating summary...done Generating summary... Fetching headers for comp.constraints...done Fetching headers for comp.constraints... Retrieving newsgroup: comp.constraints...