Re: XEmacs-21.1.12

Vin> I will be releasing the code currently checked in to the 21.1 branch Vin> as 21.1.12, probably on Friday or Saturday unless I hear of any Vin> problems with the code as it now stands. This is, therefore, an Vin> urgent plea for people to build and install the latest 21.1 from CVS. One more patch: I haven't actually tested them (a fair amount of work), but they seem safe, and I *have* observed the symptom Doing fork: bad file number that I am trying to fix. I will apply to 21.2. Vin can apply to 21.1. ./src/ChangeLog: 2000-08-03 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * callproc.c (Fcall_process_internal): (Fcall_process_internal): * process-unix.c (unix_create_process): Save and restore the value of errno, so that error messages are accurate. Index: ./src/process-unix.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/src/process-unix.c,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -w -r1.15 process-unix.c --- process-unix.c 2000/05/02 04:12:07 1.15 +++ process-unix.c 2000/08/03 06:06:42 ＠＠ -954,7 +954,9 ＠＠ if (pid < 0) { + int save_errno = errno; close_descriptor_pair (forkin, forkout); + errno = save_errno; report_file_error ("Doing fork", Qnil); } Index: ./src/callproc.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/src/callproc.c,v retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -w -r1.34 callproc.c --- callproc.c 2000/07/15 00:45:13 1.34 +++ callproc.c 2000/08/03 06:06:43 ＠＠ -372,10 +372,12 ＠＠ if (fd_error < 0) { + int save_errno = errno; close (filefd); close (fd[0]); if (fd1 >= 0) close (fd1); + errno = save_errno; report_file_error ("Cannot open", Fcons(error_file, Qnil)); } ＠＠ -438,8 +440,10 ＠＠ #ifndef WINDOWSNT if (pid < 0) { + int save_errno = errno; if (fd[0] >= 0) close (fd[0]); + errno = save_errno; report_file_error ("Doing fork", Qnil); } #endif