Bug#559407: emacs23: calls g_set_prgname() multiple times (GLib-WARNING)

[Sven Joachim]

reassign 559407 libglib2.0-0
found 559407 2.22.3-1
forwarded 559407 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563627
thanks

On 2009-12-04 05:53 +0100, Drew Parsons wrote:

> Package: emacs23
> Version: 23.1+1-5
> Severity: normal
>
> The current emacs (/usr/bin/emacs23-x) at startup from the command
> line now spits out the warning:
>
>     (emacs:17029): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

I'm seeing this warning as well in emacs22-gtk, emacs23 and
emacs-snapshot.  It has been triggered by the upgrade of libglib2.0-0,
from the comments in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563627
I think it needs to be fixed in that package.

> This is a problem since a common use case was to run emacs in the
> background, "emacs file &".  With this new warning, emacs halts until
> you run fg to bring it into the foreground so it can print its error
> message.

This is something I cannot reproduce, however.

Cheers,
       Sven