Re: Problems with the url package on w32?

[Lennart Borgman]

Kim F. Storm wrote:
> address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:
>
>   
> > If :nowait t doesn't work on Windoze,
> > (featurep 'make-network-process '(:nowait t)) should return nil.  
> >
> > But why doesn't it work on Windoze?  Could someone please investigate it?
> >
> > If this is a general problem, BROKEN_NON_BLOCKING_CONNECT should
> > be defined in window...
> >     
>
>
> Would someone please check if this patch gives "good" results on Windows,
> that is, make
>   (featurep 'make-network-process '(:nowait t))
> return nil, and not have any other bad effects on network connections.
>
>
>
> *** ms-w32.h    15 Dec 2006 01:26:24 +0100      1.41
> --- ms-w32.h    19 Dec 2006 16:45:18 +0100      
> ***************
> *** 137,142 ****
> --- 137,147 ----
>   
>   #define HAVE_SOCKETS 1
>   
> + /* But our select implementation doesn't allow us to make non-blocking
> +    connects.  So until that is fixed, this is necessary:  */
> + 
> + #define BROKEN_NON_BLOCKING_CONNECT 1
> + 
>   /* Define this symbol if your system has the functions bcopy, etc. */
>   
>   #define BSTRING
>   
I tried to test, but I see Juanma has already done that now. Good.

However I noticed another very strange thing. I just tried to appy the 
patch with ediff-patch, using gnuwin32 binaries. It just hangs. Or 
rather patch seems to loop.

   emacs -Q (latest binaries built after pretest release today)
   C-x C-f .... ms-w32.h
   C-x C-f .... the-patch.diff
   M-x ediff-patch-buffers
   (answers with the default, ie the buffers from above)

Well, I was wrong... - after 5 min the patch was ready ... 3GHz, 
everything else runs fine...

There seem to be a bug here on some level. Has anyone else seen this?