From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-version-other-window Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:05:29 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <16739.54592.479553.218864@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097067999 25469 80.91.229.6 (6 Oct 2004 13:06:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:06:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 06 15:06:30 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CFBV0-0006HW-00 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:06:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CFBbg-0008GQ-VQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:13:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CFBbX-0008GB-OT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CFBbX-0008Fo-01 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CFBbW-0008Fl-TL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CFBU5-0007gz-1Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:05:33 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D128282ED; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:05:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252E94AC068; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:05:30 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0FD918CA23; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:05:30 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <16739.54592.479553.218864@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:21:36 +1300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=0, requis 5) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27998 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27998 > vc-version-other-window seems to be losing small chunk(s) of > files. To reproduce it, retrieve the working version of gdb-ui.el or > fortran.el with this command (see a diff below). I think an earlier thread > discussed a similar problem with a different command. I've not noticed > this problem before but I'm baffled because it seems to also happen with > an old Emacs (21.2). Known bad interaction between SSH, CVS and libc. The problem is independent from Emacs. You can use the script below as your CVS_RSH to work around the bug: #!/bin/sh (ssh "$@" 2>&1 1>&3 | cat) 3>&1 1>&2 A recent discussion about it on the CVS mailing list can be found around http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2004-09/msg00008.html Stefan