patch 9.0.1377: job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c6a3c9bad67c2ce766f55dbecb3461f14833a42 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Mar 4 13:23:26 2023 +0000 patch 9.0.1377: job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed Problem: job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed. Solution: Call mch_process_running() to check if the job is still alive.

the first target to make vim is: reconfig
srcdir = .
VIMNAME = vim
EXNAME = ex
VIEWNAME = view