Re: sshx protocol from MS Windows occasionally cuts off results in M-x rgrep

[Michael Albinus]

Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Jim,

> This is an odd issue, and I'm not sure what's happening yet: sometimes
> when calling `M-x rgrep' or other similar commands, I don't see all
> the results I'd expect. I'm consistently able to reproduce the bug but
> it only appears rarely, so it usually requires refreshing the rgrep
> buffer repeatedly until I get unlucky:
>
>   * Start emacs from an MS Windows client
>   * Open tramp/info/dir remotely:
>     `C-x C-f /sshx:server:~/src/tramp/info/dir'
>   * rgrep for "info" in all files of tramp/info:
>     `M-x rgrep RET info RET RET RET'
>   * There should be 72 results (as of commit f00e5853)
>   * Switch to the rgrep buffer and hit g to refresh it repeatedly
>   * Every so often (maybe 5% of the time), fewer than 72 results are
>     returned(!)

FTR, I could reproduce it. Don't know what's the reason, but it is a start.

> Thanks,
> - Jim

Best regards, Michael.