Re: Patch: new function process-file (call-process with file handlers)

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:

> The attached patch provides the new function process-file, adds Tramp
> support for this new function, and changes VC to invoke process-file
> instead of call-process.  The patch also removes the ugly advice from
> Tramp if process-file is available.
>
> What do people think?
>
> #!/bin/sh
> what="$1"
>
> case x$what in
> 	x[cm]*)
> 		make maintainer-clean
> 		autoconf257
> 		./configure --prefix=$HOME/sw/emacs --with-gtk
> 		make bootstrap
> 		;;
> 	xi*)
> 		rm -rf $HOME/sw/SAV.emacs
> 		mv $HOME/sw/emacs $HOME/sw/SAV.emacs
> 		make install tags
> 		( cd $HOME/sw/emacs/share/emacs;
> 		  mv site-lisp site-lisp.SAV;
> 		  ln -s /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp )
> 		;;
> 	*)
> 		echo "Usage: $0 <what>"
> 		echo "<what> can be 'make' or 'install'"
> 		exit 2
> 		;;
> esac

I think that this is the weirdest patch for implementing process-file
that I've ever seen.

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