From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: PCL-CVS:- strange messages in *cvs* buffer Date: 03 Dec 2002 19:56:55 +0000 Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5ln0nomdx0.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5l8yz7m8vq.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038945548 3209 80.91.224.249 (3 Dec 2002 19:59:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:59:08 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18JJCE-0000pY-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:59:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JJE9-0002Wc-00; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 15:01:05 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!lnewspeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!server1.netnews.ja.net!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bromine.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk 1038945416 16098 193.62.192.35 (3 Dec 2002 19:56:56 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@net.bio.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:56:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.92 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107702 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4252 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4252 >>>>> "Stefan" == "Stefan Monnier " writes: >>>> With one repository that I am using, I am getting a lot of >>>> strange messages coming out in my *cvs* buffer. Stefan> I believe this is another manifestation of a bad interaction Stefan> between glibc, ssh, and cvs. Is it on a system that uses Stefan> glibc ? Are you accessing the repository via SSH ? >> Yes, and yes. Both client and server are running on redhat (7.2 >> client, 8 server). Is there anything that can be done to fix >> this? Stefan> Complain to all three groups so that hopefully some fix will Stefan> show up at some point. In the mean time, the Emacs code on Stefan> the trunk has the (process-connection-type nil) line changed Stefan> to the following: 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. Ta. I shall try this bit out, and see if it solves my woes. Phil