--- rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2008/11/04 16:41:12	1.312
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2008/11/04 16:43:50	1.313
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@
 
   bool set_hint = !HOOK_INVOKE ((this, HOOK_RESIZE_ALL_WINDOWS, DT_INT, newwidth, DT_INT, newheight, DT_END));
 
+  // to avoid races between us and the wm, we clear the incremental size hints around the xresizewindow
   if (set_hint)
     {
       szHint.flags &= ~(PBaseSize | PResizeInc);