GNU bug report logs - #33839
26.1.90; Emacs occasionally fails to receive asynchronous subprocess output in batch mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 26.1.90

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 33839-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33839-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 26.1.90; Emacs occasionally fails to receive asynchronous subprocess
 output in batch mode
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:06:54 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
[This is a corrected version of email I mistakenly sent elsewhere.]

> I don't think the manual states that output can
> arrive after the process has finished, but if that's the case, then it
> should do so.

Good point, and I installed the attached patch into emacs-26 to try to do that.

As this bug report seems to stem from a misunderstanding of 
accept-process-output (quite understandable, as its functionality is obscure) 
I'm taking the liberty of closing the report. If I'm wrong please feel free to 
reopen it.

[0001-Improve-accept-process-process-doc.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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