Yes, this was fixed long ago. I've been using the builds from emacsformacosx.com and the problem has not recurred. And thanks, 'great job, it's appreciated. -- Don -- Don Tillman Palo Alto, California > On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:58 PM, GNU bug Tracking System wrote: > > Your bug report > > #15946: 24.3; Mac OS X, Mavericks, distnoted process > > which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. > > The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. > If you require more details, please reply to 15946@debbugs.gnu.org. > > -- > 15946: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15946 > GNU Bug Tracking System > Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems > > From: Alan Third > Subject: Re: bug#15946: 24.3; Mac OS X, Mavericks, distnoted process > Date: July 17, 2016 at 1:57:34 PM PDT > To: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: SB , Jan Djärv , 15946-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > >> Is this still a problem on Mavericks with Emacs 25? > > No response in 29 weeks, I think we can close this one. > -- > Alan Third > > > > > From: Donald Tillman > Subject: 24.3; Mac OS X, Mavericks, distnoted process > Date: November 21, 2013 at 10:18:09 AM PST > To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > --text follows this line-- > This bug report will be sent to the Bug-GNU-Emacs mailing list > and the GNU bug tracker at debbugs.gnu.org. Please check that > the From: line contains a valid email address. After a delay of up > to one day, you should receive an acknowledgment at that address. > > Please write in English if possible, as the Emacs maintainers > usually do not have translators for other languages. > > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and > the precise symptoms of the bug. If you can, give a recipe > starting from `emacs -Q': > > ---- > > Hi! > > I use Emacs on Mac OS X, Mavericks, Intel MacBook Pro, downloaded from emacsformacosx.com. > > Running Emacs, a process named "distnoted" starts around 1% or 2% of the CPU, and after a while, slowly works its way up to 50% to 100% of the CPU. Yoiks! Actually there appear to be 3 distnoted processes, but only one eats up the CPU. > > Quitting Emacs brings distnoted down to under 1% within seconds. > > -- Don > > > > If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, > please include the output from the following gdb commands: > `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. > For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG. > > > In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) > of 2013-03-12 on bob.porkrind.org > Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1265 > Configured using: > `configure '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin' '--build=i686-apple-darwin' > '--with-ns' 'build_alias=i686-apple-darwin' > 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin' 'CC=gcc -mmacosx-version-min=10.7 > -isystem > /Users/david/Xcode-10.7_4.5.2/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/include/ > -F/Users/david/Xcode-10.7_4.5.2/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks'' > > Important settings: > locale-coding-system: nil > default enable-multibyte-characters: t > > Major mode: Fundamental > > Minor modes in effect: > tooltip-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > tool-bar-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > blink-cursor-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > buffer-read-only: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent input: > M-x r e p o r t SPC e m a n> > > Recent messages: > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. > > Load-path shadows: > None found. > > Features: > (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr warnings emacsbug message format-spec > rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse > rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rainbow-mode-autoloads > svg-clock-autoloads package rmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util > mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks > lisp-float-type mwheel ns-win tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt > fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar > rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax > facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese > tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak > czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook > jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces > cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format > env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote > make-network-process ns multi-tty emacs) > > > -- > Don Tillman > Palo Alto, California > don@till.com > http://www.till.com > > > > > > > >