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 #96 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: Sun, 17 May 2020 10:19:26 +0200

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

Hi Dmitry,

> OK, so if I understand you right, Tramp ends up doing some extra
> computations to get that info, and that makes it slower. I suppose
> this could be a reason to make the "correct" behavior disabled by
> default.

That's not the problem. Tramp cannot determine reliably, whether a
remote process has been interrupted by a signal. It uses a heuristic
(all exit codes greater than 128), but Noam has shown that this is not
bullet-proof. See the discussion in this bug.

Best regards, Michael.
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