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24.4; vc-hg does not disable pager, leading to hangs (at least with tramp)

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, dpittman <at> fb.com
Subject: bug#18940: 24.4; vc-hg does not disable pager, leading to hangs (at least with tramp)
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:38:28 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> We need a mechanism which shall allow kind of let-bind the process
>> environment variables when starting a new (remote) process. But there
>> shall be also server-specific defaults to be used.
>> 
>> I haven't started yet a design, how this could look like. Proposals welcome!
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but what's wrong with let-binding
> process-environment?

process-environment handles local variables. Variables on the remote
host might require different settings.

Usually, let-binding of process-environment keeps its value, and
prepends some settings. That's not what could be applied for remote hosts.

Tramp has tramp-remote-process-environment, but this is not a
comprehensive solution. It is evaluated when a new connection is
establishes. So it could be useful for asynchronous processes, but it
doesn't play sufficiently for synchronous processes.

Best regards, Michael.

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