GNU bug report logs - #62990
30.0.50; UDP server closes connection upon receiving an empty packet

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mail <at> vasilij.de
Subject: bug#62990: 30.0.50; UDP server closes connection upon receiving an empty packet
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:30:32 +0300

> Cc: 62990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:14:42 +0200
> 
> So allowing emacs to send 0-length UDP packets turned out to be not
> too hard. Patch for both below. Eli, is this OK for master? It does
> change 2 behaviours:
> 
> 1. Receiving a 0-length UDP packet will no longer cause an error
> 2. Calling (process-send-string proc "") now actually sends out a
> packet for a UDP process (an empty one).

Do we want some variable to get back the old behavior, in case some
application out there depends on that?

Otherwise, fine by me, thanks.

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