Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index acbcd0a0648..898aac73923 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-11-19  Jason Rumney  <jasonr@gnu.org>
+
+        * PROBLEMS: Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
+
 2000-11-16  Andre Spiegel  <spiegel@gnu.org>
 
         * NEWS: Updated VC news.
@@ -1199,5 +1203,5 @@ line.  Change logs above this notice are those for the 21.x code line.
         * loadst.c (main) [XENIX]: use /usr/spool/mail, not /usr/mail.
 
 ;; Local Variables:
-;; coding: iso-2022-7bit-unix
+;; coding: iso-2022-7bit
 ;; End:
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index d5ae2ba76b2..66ed5718305 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
 
+* On Windows 95/98/ME, subprocesses do not terminate properly.
+
+This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems
+when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited
+cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/doc/index.html
+
 * Mail sent through Microsoft Exchange in some encodings appears to be
 mangled and is not seen correctly in Rmail or Gnus.  We don't know
 exactly what happens, but it isn't an Emacs problem in cases we've