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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: hanging jobs
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Date: 8 Dec 89 15:11:55 GMT
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From article <8876@cbmvax.UUCP>, by grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins):
> Mail seems to always do this, though perhaps only if you are in the
> message entry mode.  Gnu-emacs alledgely gets stuck in a loop if you
> have modified a buffer and it asks if you want it saved.
> 
> I don't know if these are simply application problems or whether Ultrix
> is doing somethign a teensy bit different than other BSD systems that
> causes the problem.

I've seen the mailer loop on a 4.2BSD system as well, so it isn't just
Ultrix-specific; perhaps inherited from BSD.

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu