From: michael@cadilhac.name (Michaël Cadilhac)
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: nnimap using shell command.
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:48:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lkbu4crt.fsf@cadilhac.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d4xhkmo8.fsf@lrde.org>
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michael@cadilhac.name (Michaël Cadilhac) writes:
> When using `imap-shell-program' (with a nnimap-stream of 'shell), the
> process is created `as is' with start-process. The docstring of
> start-process says :
>
> If you want to separate standard output from standard error,
> invoke the command through a shell and redirect one of them
> using the shell syntax.
>
> Well, this is fun, because my distant imapd says the following :
>
> $ imapd
> * PREAUTH Ready.
> INFO: LOGIN, user=cadilhac, ip=[127.0.0.1], protocol=IMAP
>
> Oh, heck. Gnus is searching for PREAUTH on the INFO line, doesn't found
> it, and just wait until the end of time to see what's happening next[1].
>
> Well, I'm not comfortable with the use of `2> /dev/null' on a package
> meant to work on Windows, so I propose this more radical change :
I've had a glimpse at Eshell, to see how it handles the 2> construction,
and... well... it doesn't. So, I guess we can't do much better than the
proposed doc change. Anyone against the commit?
(I'll install it in a few days if nobody complains.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-29 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-21 14:05 Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-21 20:05 ` Bjørn Mork
2007-08-26 19:53 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-29 9:06 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-31 15:18 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-08-29 14:48 ` Michaël Cadilhac [this message]
2007-08-31 13:54 ` Michaël Cadilhac
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