Voila, one single line of change make dmenu_extended_run launch again!
git diff dwm.c
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index c2bd871..f8f83f8 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@ spawn(const Arg *arg)
if (dpy)
close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
setsid();
+ signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
execvp(((char **)arg->v)[0], (char **)arg->v);
die("dwm: execvp '%s' failed:", ((char **)arg->v)[0]);
On 08.04.23 23:02, Storkman wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 04:28:15PM +0200, p...@mailbox.org wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I bind keyboard shortcut to launch dmenu_extended[1] in dwm, what works
> > flawlessly before the `Use sigaction(SA_NOCLDWAIT) for SIGCHLD
> > handling` [1] commit, since dmenu_extended does not change anything here,
> > is this a regression or bug introduced with this commit or
> > dmenu_extended need to adapt to conform the change? thanks.
>
> From sigaction(2):
> > A child created via fork(2) inherits a copy of its parent's signal
> > dispositions.
> > During an execve(2), the dispositions of handled signals are reset to the
> > default;
> > the dispositions of ignored signals are left unchanged.
>
> This would explain why running programs affected by this through st works,
> since it runs "signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL)" before executing the shell
> (st.c:715).
>
> Adding "signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL)" before execvp in spawn() at dwm.c:1657 fixes
> anki and mpv with youtube-dl for me.
>
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/MarkHedleyJones/dmenu-extended/
> > [2]
> > https://git.suckless.org/dwm/commit/712d6639ff8e863560328131bbb92b248dc9cde7.html
> >
>
