GNU bug report logs - #44818
Say "Consider switching so-long mode on" when detecting long line files

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Devon2020 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 44809

Found in version 27.0.91

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #22 received at 44818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 44818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44818: 27.0.91; wedged
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:48:32 +0200

> Cc: 44818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:42:03 -0500
> 
> P.S.  Could a watchdog timer safely abort such wedgitude?

That would have to run in a separate thread, right?

But what timeout to set it to? some jobs might legitimately take some
time.  And then what to do when the timer expires?
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 301 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.