GNU bug report logs - #79079
31.0.50; Piped command output is sometimes lost in Eshell

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Message #74 received at 79079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 79079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
 mail <at> daniel-mendler.de
Subject: Re: bug#79079: 31.0.50; Piped command output is sometimes lost in
 Eshell
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:40:27 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com,  mail <at> daniel-mendler.de,  eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
>   79079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:30:59 +0200
> 
> On Jul 27 2025, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> >> Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>,  mail <at> daniel-mendler.de,
> >>   eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,  79079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:17:41 +0200
> >> 
> >> On Jul 27 2025, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> 
> >> > We should try doing what a Posix shell does in that case.
> >> 
> >> A POSIX shell does nothing.  It just connects the processes together and
> >> let them run to exit.
> >
> > Not useful.  I think you know very well what I meant, beyond the
> > literal meaning of the words.
> 
> But it is the truth.  Emacs is not a shell.

Of course it isn't.  Which is why we should try to make things happen
which happen when the same command is run from a Posix shell.  Some of
that happens in the shell, some in the OS, some in the commands.

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