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29.0.50; xref-search-program breaks if programm not installed on a remote host

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 53644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53644: 29.0.50; xref-search-program breaks if programm not installed on a remote host
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:33:34 +0200

On 15.02.2022 18:32, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> The current design (subsuming probing into executing by speculatively
> starting a process) was intentional, mainly to avoid the overhead of
> executable-find calls.

At the expense of complicating the execution flow, yes.

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