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authorJason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>2000-11-19 12:36:50 +0000
committerJason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>2000-11-19 12:36:50 +0000
commitf29d1e7532f578ed2563542733db71a1aaf3d5b6 (patch)
tree616b40a21e413e20fd2e2c85f27f15bf87dbc05c
parent5497045254b940f94eb4d6fd3986ec4a21bff7d5 (diff)
downloademacs-f29d1e7532f578ed2563542733db71a1aaf3d5b6.tar.gz
Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
-rw-r--r--etc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--etc/PROBLEMS7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index acbcd0a0648..898aac73923 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-11-19 Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
+
+ * PROBLEMS: Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
+
2000-11-16 Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>
* NEWS: Updated VC news.
@@ -1199,5 +1203,5 @@ line. Change logs above this notice are those for the 21.x code line.
* loadst.c (main) [XENIX]: use /usr/spool/mail, not /usr/mail.
;; Local Variables:
-;; coding: iso-2022-7bit-unix
+;; coding: iso-2022-7bit
;; End:
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index d5ae2ba76b2..66ed5718305 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
This file describes various problems that have been encountered
in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
+* On Windows 95/98/ME, subprocesses do not terminate properly.
+
+This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems
+when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited
+cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/doc/index.html
+
* Mail sent through Microsoft Exchange in some encodings appears to be
mangled and is not seen correctly in Rmail or Gnus. We don't know
exactly what happens, but it isn't an Emacs problem in cases we've