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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 2446@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2446: 23.0.90; C-g C-g in sending mail
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <l8prh9gdln.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LbcL5-0006mY-P7@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:03:23 -0500")

Richard M Stallman wrote:

> I mistakenly sent a message from `emacs -Q', so `sendmail-send-it'
> tried to run the sendmail program, and it hung.  I typed C-g and Emacs said
> Waiting for process to die...(type C-g again to kill it instantly)
> (which comes from call_process_cleanup).
> However, typing C-g again had no effect, and Emacs remained hung
> for a long time.

That may not be Emacs's fault, right, depending on what the sendmail
process was doing? Eg if it was in uninterruptible sleep waiting for IO?

Presumably you can reproduce this situation and see what sendmail is
doing, and if you can kill it from outside Emacs. If you cannot, then
it's not an Emacs problem.






  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-23 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-23 15:03 bug#2446: 23.0.90; C-g C-g in sending mail Richard M Stallman
2009-02-23 19:25 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-02-24 21:20   ` Richard M Stallman

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