Re: [PATCH]O18.1int

Alex Riesen
2003-08-25T09:42:49Z

Måns Rullgård, Mon, Aug 25, 2003 11:24:01 +0200:
> XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep.
> It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen
> as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's
> irritating.

another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after
it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is
almost locked while it spins (calling select).