GNU bug report logs - #56865
M-x find-dired fails with "Wrong type: processp, nil"

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Message #16 received at 56865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 56865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56865: M-x find-dired fails with "Wrong type: processp, nil"
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:28:29 +0200

Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Seems so. I guess with the way Elisp works it is even correct, because
> (as I understand) Elisp has no way to notice that process has died if
> there are no IO calls between `shell-process' and `set-process-*'.

Yes, but I'm not quite sure that's actually the case in all
circumstances (especially when Tramp is involved)...

> But it does feel dirty. (Also that `(sit-for 1)' a few lines above
> feels dirty.)

Yeah, much of the code in find-dired.el looks pretty fragile.

But I guess this works now, so I'm closing this bug report.

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