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24.0.50; grep seems not to work

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Message #8 received at 6535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
To: john ffitch <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk>
Cc: 6535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6535: 24.0.50; grep seems not to work
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:31:23 +0200

john ffitch <jpff <at> codemist.co.uk> writes:

> I an in dired mode and attempt to do M-x grep
> It hangs; if I try again later it says i still have a grep process
> reports
> -*- mode: grep; default-directory: "~/Sourceforge/csound5/Engine/" -*-
> Grep started at Mon Jun 28 17:58:43
>
> grep -nH -e cpuprc *.c
> tset: unknown terminal type emacs-grep
> Terminal type? 
>
> The grep seems to hang at this point.  It used to work.  Tried
> searching for terminal type without success

You might try to set `debug-on-quit' and when Emacs hangs, press C-g and
send the backtrace.

Anyway, the problem looks very much like the issue discussed here:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/126393

Unfortunately, the developers seem to be ignoring it.

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