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

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Message #77 received at 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63865: 29.0.90; call-process while owning the X selection
 hangs other processes
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 08:18:02 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> AFAIU, the only "everything" that is blocked is an application that
> happens to request an X selection at that precise time.  That should
> be rare for short enough call-process runs, since the same user is
> doing that.

Btw, it seems only fair to mention that hangs here are clearly the fault
of the program that hangs.  All reasonably implemented X clients
implement a time-out mechanism and listen for the selection owner being
deleted.

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