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23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4137: closed (23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 09:07:03 +0000

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Your message dated Thu, 22 May 2025 10:06:46 +0100
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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #4137,
regarding 23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message
to be marked as done.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:21:03 -0400

I tried doing vc-dir without having entered my passphrase to enable
subjobs of Emacs to contact savannah.  So CVS would have failed.
But vc-dir gave no sign of this.  It created the buffer in the initial
state, and never said or did anything more.



In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.4 (mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.12)
 of 2009-08-11 on theobromine2
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-O0 -g -Wno-pointer-sign' 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: VC dir

Minor modes in effect:
  gpm-mouse-mode: t
  display-battery-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
a b o l i s h e d SPC w e l f a r e SPC f o r ESC DEL 
f o r SPC a d u l t s ESC DEL ESC DEL d e c a d e s 
SPC a o , C-b C-b g C-e SPC e x c e p t RET f o r SPC 
f a m i l i e s , SPC a n d SPC A r i z o n a SPC i 
s SPC n o t SPC g e n e r a l DEL a l l y SPC C-u C-b 
DEL C-e c o s i d e C-u C-b n C-e r e d SPC l i b e 
r a l SPC o r SPC p r o g r e s s i v e C-a ESC f ESC 
f C-k ; SPC i s SPC A r i z o n a SPC a n SPC e c e 
p t o n DEL DEL i o n ? ESC b C-f x C-e SPC SPC D o 
e s SPC T e m p e SPC h a e SPC a DEL DEL v DEL e SPC 
DEL DEL DEL v e SPC C-a C-p ESC e ESC k ESC k C-p ESC 
f C-f C-d ESC f ESC f C-d C-n SPC SPC C a n SPC s o 
m e o n e SPC f i n d SPC o u t ? RET C-c C-c d d u 
o e n d o r TAB RET d x C-x b * v c - d TAB RET C-z 
ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m a c s TAB RET

Recent messages:
Sending...
Wrote /home/rms/outgoing/out-18
Sending...done
Wrote /home/rms/foo.html
Auto-saving...done
Sending...
Wrote /home/rms/outgoing/out-19
Sending...done
Added to /home/rms/xmail/endorsements.xmail
Expunging deleted messages...done

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 4137-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4137: 23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 10:06:46 +0100

Hello,

On Wed 21 May 2025 at 07:15pm -04, Richard Stallman wrote:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > > I hae no way to access the RT tickets, but you can do that.
>   > > Can you possibly show me the initial bug report?
>
>   > There are several messages from you, so you probably want to read
>   > through the web view: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/4137>.
>
> I am so far behind on reading some emails that I don't see them for
> two months.  I just today saw your last reply about this.  I was able
> to use the debbugs web interface and saw that the initial bug report
> was from 2009!  I did not know that until just now.
>
> Sine the bug happened so long ago, it has probably disappeared by now,
> you may as well close it and we will see if anyone reports it again some day.

Okay, thanks, done.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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