GNU bug report logs - #63865
29.0.90; call-process while owning the X selection hangs other processes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 01:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.90

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Message #62 received at 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63865: 29.0.90; call-process while owning the X selection
 hangs other processes
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 13:03:14 -0400

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
> On Jun 03 2023, Spencer Baugh wrote:
>> Forget other packages: Emacs itself uses call-process in tons of places
>> where it will run for prolonged periods of time!
>
> This has nothing to do with call-process.  Emacs can be busy for many
> reasons.

Other things which make Emacs busy still let Emacs respond to X
selection requests.
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