Subject: bug#3071: 23.0.92; accept-process-output broken on MacOS

From: David Abrahams <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:52:07 -0400

On Apr 22, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:

> David Abrahams <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>> Reading
>>> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=895>
>>> indicates, one shall set `process-connection-type' to `nil'. This is
>>> also documented in Bugs 2056, 2503, 2639, 2717.
>>>
>>> OTOH, the comment for `tramp-process-connection-type' says that it's
>>> not
>>> applicable for Tramp.
>>>
>>> Hmm. What happens, when you set `tramp-process-connection-type' to
>>> nil'?
>>> Does Tramp still work on your mac?
>>
>> Nope.
>
> That's what I've feared. The comment says, that Tramp needs a pty for
> connection; `process-connection-type' must be set to t therefore. So
> that's not applicable.

FWIW, on my machine, t is the default for process-connection-type as  
well as tramp-process-connection-type.

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