GNU bug report logs - #50209
27.2; eshell-command not working async

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:30:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 50209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50209: 27.2; eshell-command not working async
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:28:50 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:

> When running a command in eshell ending with "&" the command should not
> block emacs, it should run asynchronously.

Do you have a recipe to reproduce?  I tried

emacs -Q
M-x eshell RET
sleep 10 &

and it ran that asynchronously.  

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