GNU bug report logs - #36331
26.2; command run using dired-do-async-shell-command cannot take any input

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Reported by: Prof Jayanth R Varma <jrvarma <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.2

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jrvarma <at> gmail.com, 36331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36331: 26.2; command run using dired-do-async-shell-command cannot take any input
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 01:36:34 +0200

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

> Indeed, asynchronous commands cannot rely on being able to read and
> write standard streams.  Interactive commands should not be run
> asynchronously.

So I've now changed the command here to be consistent -- never accept
input (and mentioned this in the doc string for `&').

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