GNU bug report logs - #28596
Gnus gets into an ambiguous plugged/unplugged state that prevents retrieval of news

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.60

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #63 received at 28596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net, nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 28596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28596: 26.0.60;
 Gnus gets into an ambiguous plugged/unplugged state that prevents
 retrieval of news
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 21:15:09 +0100

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

> You mean the thread Re: wait_reading_process_ouput hangs in certain
> cases (w/ patches)?

Yup.

> We are still waiting for the updated version of the patch (I've just
> sent a reminder).

Right.

> But in any case, that patch was for master, not the release branch.
> We could see if it also fixes this problem, and maybe consider
> backporting if it does.  But I hoped there could be a safer fix for
> this bug.

There might be some way to mitigate this -- I haven't looked into it at
all beyond stracing a bit when Emacs hangs...

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