Re: patch to fileio.c

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:

>> The fd file descriptor in this case is closed by emacs_close() at line
>> 3654 and by close_file_unwind() registered at line 3233. When
>> emacs_close(fd) is reached, the unwind_protect registered function
>> should be removed. Unfortunately, in the mean time other stuff has
>> been put in the unwind_protect stack, so you can't just decrement the
>> pointer. It can be done when the handled: label is reached. Hence the
>> flag in my patch.
>
> I've checked in your patch.  Thanks.

BTW, could someone check whether this has any impact on the tar file
crash in Windows?  (Hope springs eternal :-)