From 501f07dd34676fe472620b2a8274a01f389f158a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Surda <surda@economicsofbitcoin.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:19:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Setsid is not available on Windows

- wrap an error handler around it
---
 src/bitmessagemain.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bitmessagemain.py b/src/bitmessagemain.py
index 50c138a2..4a7227e9 100755
--- a/src/bitmessagemain.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagemain.py
@@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ class Main:
         else:
             shared.thisapp.lock() # relock
         os.umask(0)
-        os.setsid()
+        try:
+            os.setsid()
+        except AttributeError:
+            # setsid not implemented
+            pass
         try:
             if os.fork():
                 exit(0)