GNU bug report logs - #41099
28.0.50; TRAMP process-file ignores exit status of remote process

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 18:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 27.2

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #87 received at 41099 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>,
 Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41099 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#41099: 28.0.50; TRAMP process-file ignores exit status of
 remote process
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 15:11:28 +0300

Hi Michael,

On 14.05.2020 18:49, Michael Albinus wrote:
> I understand (and sympathize) both positions. However, Tramp has
> returned for decades no strings for process-file, so I don't expect any
> code in the wild which expects this.

But is there code in the wild that expects the _current_ behavior?

It sounds rather odd to me, given that such code would only be intended 
to run on remote systems, but never on the local one. Is that about right?
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