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bug#30063: 26.0.90; Silent fail with `rst-compile-pdf-preview'
From: |
Noam Postavsky |
Subject: |
bug#30063: 26.0.90; Silent fail with `rst-compile-pdf-preview' |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:30:30 -0500 |
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Yes, we could do that. But can we signal an error only when the
> command fails? That should minimize false negatives.
I think it's a bit tricky due to being asynchronous, though it should be doable.
> Also please note that the shell command as written is unportable: the
> ";" part will not work on MS-Windows, we need to use "&" instead. But
> that's a separate issue.
"&" would do the wrong thing for a POSIX sh compatible shell, so the
only way to fix that would be to avoid the shell entirely like Glenn
hinted at.