Re: PCL-CVS:- strange messages in *cvs* buffer

[Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk>]

>>>>> "Stefan" == "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:


  Stefan> 	       ;; If process-connection-type is nil and the
  Stefan> 	       ;; repository is accessed via SSH, a bad
  Stefan> 	       ;; interaction between libc, CVS and SSH can
  Stefan> 	       ;; lead to garbled output.  It might be a
  Stefan> 	       ;; glibc-specific problem.  Until the problem
  Stefan> 	       ;; is cleared, we'll use a pty rather
  Stefan> than
  Stefan> 	       ;; a pipe.  (process-connection-type nil) ; Use
  Stefan> 	       ;; a pipe, not a
  Stefan> pty.



  Stefan> PS: yes, the problem only happens if the output is a pipe
  Stefan> rather than a pty.
  Stefan>     it's all due to incompatible buffering settings.



Okay, so I've tried this, and it does seem to eliminate the
problem. Thanks very much for your help!

Cheers

Phil