GNU bug report logs - #71049
async-shell-command ends with "Process *Async Shell Command* finished" when remote "direct-async-process"

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Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>

Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 00:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 71049 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71049: async-shell-command ends with "Process *Async Shell Command* finished" when remote "direct-async-process"
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 15:40:10 +0300
On 19/05/2024 09:17, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 03:19:00 +0300
>> From: Dmitry Gutov<dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
>>
>> Previously mentioned in bug#70901.
>>
>> When a Tramp connection is configured as "direct-async-process",
>>
>> 1. If the buffer*Async Shell Command*  does not exist, invoking M-& in a
>> remote buffer from that connection makes it end with
>>
>>     Process*Async Shell Command*  finished
>>
>> The command can be simple, like 'ls' or 'echo 123'. I also see this
>> added to*Messages*:
>>
>>     Tramp: Inserting
>> ‘/ssh:dgutov <at> fencepost.gnu.org:/home/d/dgutov/.tramp_history’...done
>>
>> Which seems odd (tramp history is re-read every time like this, for some
>> purpose?).
>>
>> 2. If the buffer such named already exists when command is invoked, then
>> this doesn't happen (the output seems correct). But*Messages*  says
>>
>>     -l: finished.
>>
>> ...which is a big puzzling as well.
>>
>> Also, scenario 1 (when the buffer doesn't exist yet) takes longer than
>> 2, but that might be a side-effect of implementation external to Tramp.
> The "finished" message comes from the default process sentinel, so if
> Tramp wants to avoid that, it should install its own sentinel.

shell-commands inserts a sentinel: shell-command-sentinel. So it never 
inserts that message when invoked locally.

Even if it did, the disparity between the two scenarios would still be 
something to investigate, I think.




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