To: vim-dev@vim.org
Subject: Patch 5.8.005
Fcc: outbox
From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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Patch 5.8.005
Problem:    With the GTK GUI, when 'shell' is not a valid program, ":make"
	    causes Vim to exit.
Solution:   In the forked process, use _exit() instead of exit() to avoid
	    closing the connection to the X server.
Files:	    src/os_unix.c


*** ../vim-5.8.004/src/os_unix.c	Fri Jun 15 19:59:13 2001
--- src/os_unix.c	Wed Jun 27 17:16:17 2001
***************
*** 2454,2462 ****
  	     * There is no type cast for the argv, because the type may be
  	     * different on different machines. This may cause a warning
  	     * message with strict compilers, don't worry about it.
  	     */
  	    execvp(argv[0], argv);
! 	    exit(EXEC_FAILED);	    /* exec failed, return failure code */
  	}
  	else			/* parent */
  	{
--- 2454,2464 ----
  	     * There is no type cast for the argv, because the type may be
  	     * different on different machines. This may cause a warning
  	     * message with strict compilers, don't worry about it.
+ 	     * Call _exit() instead of exit() to avoid closing the connection
+ 	     * to the X server (esp. with GTK, which uses atexit()).
  	     */
  	    execvp(argv[0], argv);
! 	    _exit(EXEC_FAILED);	    /* exec failed, return failure code */
  	}
  	else			/* parent */
  	{
*** ../vim-5.8.004/src/version.c	Fri Jun 15 20:02:18 2001
--- src/version.c	Wed Jun 27 17:19:07 2001
***************
*** 439,440 ****
--- 439,442 ----
  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+ /**/
+     5,
  /**/

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