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>> Is there any way to break out of it without killing emacs?

BP> Well, it is usually in a spin of (while ... (accept-process-output process
BP> 1)), and if that is not interruptible, it is a bug in emacs.  This should
BP> be less of a problem since everything in the new package is asynch by
BP> default and doesn't do silly things like those asynch loops.

What do you mean by "everything in the new package?"
What new package?

Dave