* src/emacs.c (main): Warn when starting a GTK emacs in daemon mode.

[bpt/emacs.git] / src / emacs.c

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index e515f7e..eaeeb35 100644 (file)
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -1120,6 +1120,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
        }
 
 #ifndef NS_IMPL_COCOA
+#ifdef USE_GTK
+      fprintf (stderr, "\nWarning: due to a long standing Gtk+ bug\nhttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715\n\
+Emacs might crash when run in daemon mode and the X11 connection is unexpectedly lost.\n\
+Using an Emacs configured with --with-x-toolkit=lucid does not have this problem.\n");
+#endif
       f = fork ();
 #else /* NS_IMPL_COCOA */
       /* Under Cocoa we must do fork+exec as CoreFoundation lib fails in