* lisp/server.el (server-process-filter, server-return-error): Give

emacsclient time to shut down after receiving an error string.

* etc/NEWS: Document tweak to emacsclient exit status.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/server.el b/lisp/server.el
index 0f1b0219a2c..e661f055e1a 100644
--- a/lisp/server.el
+++ b/lisp/server.el
@@ -876,6 +876,9 @@ The following commands are accepted by the client:
       (server-log "Authentication failed" proc)
       (server-send-string
        proc (concat "-error " (server-quote-arg "Authentication failed")))
+      ;; Before calling `delete-process', give emacsclient time to
+      ;; receive the error string and shut down on its own.
+      (sit-for 1)
       (delete-process proc)
       ;; We return immediately
       (return-from server-process-filter)))
@@ -1129,6 +1132,9 @@ The following commands are accepted by the client:
      proc (concat "-error " (server-quote-arg
                              (error-message-string err))))
     (server-log (error-message-string err) proc)
+    ;; Before calling `delete-process', give emacsclient time to
+    ;; receive the error string and shut down on its own.
+    (sit-for 5)
     (delete-process proc)))
 
 (defun server-goto-line-column (line-col)