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


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: Patch: new function process-file (call-process with file handlers)
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:57:09 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux)

Kai Grossjohann <address@hidden> 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.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum




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