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28.0.50; TRAMP process-file ignores exit status of remote process

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Message #90 received at 41099 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, 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 14:19:26 +0200

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> Hi Michael,

Hi Dmitry,

> 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?

Don't know. But at least Philipp has reported this inconsistency, so
there are prople who care.

> 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?

Emacs has no problem to detect, whether a local process has been
interrupted by a signal. It does it on C level.

Best regards, Michael.

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