From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33219: 25.2; crontab -e doesn't connect to existing emacs daemon Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20181031214432.mpreomzpovm4zo5j@E15-2016.optimum.net> <20181101173151.ubeernxl7xtt5dbx@E15-2016.optimum.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1543298107 16923 195.159.176.226 (27 Nov 2018 05:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:55:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 33219@debbugs.gnu.org To: Boruch Baum Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 27 06:55:03 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWKr-0004Dv-Bi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:55:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40138 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMx-00066T-LO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56086) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMr-00066D-0m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:57:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMo-0007be-TK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:57:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46102) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMo-0007bY-NY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:57:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMn-0003kK-N1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:57:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33219 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33219-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33219.154329820014356 (code B ref 33219); Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33219) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Nov 2018 05:56:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50357 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMR-0003jU-Ve for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46393) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMQ-0003jI-8r for 33219@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMK-0007Tu-2i for 33219@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37154) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMH-0007TW-Hz; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gRWMH-0002M9-By; Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:29 -0500 X-Spook: Blackout Facility 9/11 Legion of Doom CESID Failure New X-Ran: 8De';\Kf0X9^)h`R[)@f({2Jjo"m4(M5\Tkfq{EBOfI8qOT"$}sMDp++|NBv%87usD(V\9 X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <20181101173151.ubeernxl7xtt5dbx@E15-2016.optimum.net> (Boruch Baum's message of "Thu, 1 Nov 2018 13:31:52 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152811 Archived-At: Boruch Baum wrote: >> > However, in other uses of emacsclient via $EDITOR (eg. mutt, newbeuter, >> > w3m) the client does find the socket file and does connect to the >> > existing daemon. >> >> Then I'm confused as to how this is supposed to be an Emacs issue. > > Well, it is emacsclient that is reporting that it can not operate as > expected when called by a core *nix utility. Think of the alternative: > if I file a report against 'crontab', those guys will correctly tell me > that they just use the $EDITOR value, that emacsclient _is_ being > launched, and the error happens within emacsclient. I'm saying that you need to investigate why crontab and mutt behave differently. For example, perhaps "crontab -e" does not pass TMPDIR to the spawned editor: https://bugs.debian.org/19237 I verified by doing: M-: (getenv "TMPDIR") in the Emacs spawned by crontab that this is indeed the case. So yes, I think it is a crontab issue.