From: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 62004@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62004: 30.0.50; comp-run-async-workers failure when default-directory deleted
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:00:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xjfzg8olffc.fsf@ma.sdf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt4otw1x.fsf@gmail.com> (No Wayman's message of "Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:20:28 -0500")
No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>> > Well, maybe we should bind the variable to be on the safe >
>>> side? What
>>> > if we bind it to the directory where we write that
>>> > emacs-async-comp-something.el file?
>
> Binding default-directory makes sense.
> It's just a matter of what to bind it to.
> I see that `comp-run-async-workers` calls `make-temp-file' internally.
> Binding default-directory to temporary-file-directory around the call
> to `make-process' will prevent this error and seems like a safe bet.
>
>>> From: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
>>> Cc: iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com, 62004@debbugs.gnu.org
>>> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:51:37 +0000
>>>
>>> Maybe but the reporter says "The default-directory is dependent on
>>> where
>>> comp-run-async-workers happens to kick off." and I don't understand
>>> if
>>> that's correct why is that.
>>> I'd like first to understand better the issue here.
>>
>> I agree that we should first have a good understanding of the
>> situation. Let me know if I can help in any way.
>
> The call to `make-process' in `comp-run-async-workers' is executed in
> the context of whatever default-directory happens to be. If
> default-directory does not refer to an existing directory (as
> demonstrated in the reproduction case I provided) the creation of the
> subprocess will fail.
> I'm not sure what more detail I can provide, so please ask a specific
> question if you have any.
Ah now it's clear to me, the error is not happening in the child process
but in the main Emacs failing in running `make-process'.
Thanks
Andrea
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-07 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-06 15:48 bug#62004: 30.0.50; comp-run-async-workers failure when default-directory deleted No Wayman
2023-03-06 16:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-06 17:20 ` No Wayman
2023-03-06 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-06 18:46 ` No Wayman
2023-03-06 20:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-06 21:29 ` No Wayman
2023-03-07 3:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <xjfo7p4vmjr.fsf@ma.sdf.org>
2023-03-07 13:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-07 13:51 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-03-07 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-07 15:20 ` No Wayman
2023-03-07 15:53 ` No Wayman
2023-03-07 16:06 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-03-07 16:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-07 16:30 ` No Wayman
2023-03-08 20:19 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-03-08 20:51 ` No Wayman
2023-03-09 9:25 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-03-07 16:00 ` Andrea Corallo [this message]
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