"gnuclient -nw" oddity (was "[COMMIT] gnuclient bug on Ben's part")

[Mike Kupfer]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer at sun.com> writes:

Mike> What's more confusing is that I'm suddenly having problems getting
Mike> "gnuclient -nw" to start up at all.  When I run it, instead of
Mike> getting an XEmacs frame, it hangs.  If I C-z it, I get

Mike>     ^Z[2] + Stopped (SIGTSTP) /usr/local/bin/gnuclient -nw [1] -
Mike>     Stopped (SIGTTOU) xemacs &

Mike> Putting job 1 (xemacs) into the foreground gives me my tty frame.

Mike> But then I can't get out with C-x 5 0.  The tty frame is cleared,
Mike> but I don't get my shell back.

Mike> This is on Solaris, a recent development build of 5.11, using ksh
Mike> as my shell.

I can reproduce this on Linux.

It appears to result from running "gnuclient -nw" from the same shell
that I started XEmacs in.  If I run "gnuclient -nw" from a different
shell, things work normally.  Want me to file a formal bug report (M-x
report-xemacs-bug)?

mike