From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 33252@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33252: 27.0.50; Recursive password prompt takes over
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:24:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnmi3tv9.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1ltafuy.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun, 04 Nov 2018 01:41:41 +0200")
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> A reproducible short test case:
>
> 0. emacs -Q
>
> 1. M-&
> while true; do echo -n "Password: "; sleep 1; done
> RET
>
> After 42 seconds Emacs session becomes completely unusable, and control
> can be regained only after killing the shell script from outside Emacs.
I've now added a recursion check to the comint prompting, and it'll stop
adding new prompts when it's ten layers deep, which will allow the user
to kill the shell script.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2018-11-03 23:41 bug#33252: 27.0.50; Recursive password prompt takes over Juri Linkov
2019-07-10 13:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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