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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.897
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.897
+Problem:    Freeze and crash when there is a sleep in a remote command.
+            (Karl Yngve Lervåg)
+Solution:   Remove a message from the queue before dealing with it. (James
+            Kolb)
+Files:      src/if_xcmdsrv.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.896/src/if_xcmdsrv.c	2015-09-17 23:20:38.573212578 +0200
+--- src/if_xcmdsrv.c	2015-10-13 20:04:35.731052256 +0200
+***************
+*** 1235,1243 ****
+      while (head.next != NULL && head.next != &head)
+      {
+  	node = head.next;
+- 	server_parse_message(X_DISPLAY, node->propInfo, node->len);
+  	head.next = node->next;
+  	node->next->prev = node->prev;
+  	vim_free(node);
+      }
+  }
+--- 1235,1243 ----
+      while (head.next != NULL && head.next != &head)
+      {
+  	node = head.next;
+  	head.next = node->next;
+  	node->next->prev = node->prev;
++ 	server_parse_message(X_DISPLAY, node->propInfo, node->len);
+  	vim_free(node);
+      }
+  }
+*** ../vim-7.4.896/src/version.c	2015-10-13 19:43:14.140511991 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2015-10-13 20:04:03.531390715 +0200
+***************
+*** 743,744 ****
+--- 743,746 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     897,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
+34. You laugh at people with a 10 Mbit connection.
+
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