Re: [wmii] Strange output when closing x

From: Daniel Roethlisberger <daniel_AT_roe.ch>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:40:18 +0100

sqweek <sqweek_AT_gmail.com> 2008-02-26:
> Daniel Roethlisberger <daniel_AT_roe.ch> wrote:
> > sqweek <sqweek_AT_gmail.com> 2008-02-26:
> > > Niels Rasmussen <nielsrasmus_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > wmiir: fatal: cannot read file/directory '/event': broken pipe
> > > wmii exited, so the socket it was serving 9P on got closed, so
> > > wmiirc can't read from /event anymore.
> > Is there a reason why wmii does not exit more gracefully, for
> > example by passing something like an exit event to wmiirc before
> > exiting?
>
> Is there a reason it should?

Maybe to disambiguate a clean exit from a crash? To avoid the error
message? Or even just to avoid irritating users (as opposed to
developers)?

-Dan

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Daniel Roethlisberger <daniel_AT_roe.ch>
Received on Tue Feb 26 2008 - 18:40:19 UTC

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