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From: Jeff Miller <jmiller@bayserve.net>
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Subject: process problem with 20.0?
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Were any asynchronous process problems reported with 20.0?

I started migrating from 19.14 -> 20.0 at work and am having a problem.
Unfortunately, I can only give a very vague description of it. :(

We have a internal encryption program that someone made a lisp wrapper
for.  This allows me to send/receive encrypted email at work with vm.  My
problem happens when the lisp code attempts to read in my pass phrase and
authenticate me.  I type in my pass phrase and xemacs just sits in a
loop. 

the lisp code is [ roughly ]:

( .... (start-process  authenicate-program)  ;; I see the process start up
                                             ;; via a ps -ef

( (read-in-pass-phrase)   ;; this it does and accepts
(send-string to process)  ;; I think it does this, cuz the process
                          ;;finishes

( while (equal 'run (process-status)) ;; this loop appears to be where xemacs
(sit-for abit)                        ;; gets stuck
)

I'm pretty sure xemacs is in this loop cuz I put a (message "help!") in
there and I just see "help!" printed out when I do C-h l

I know this is possibly one of the worst problem reports ever submitted
but I am not allowed to bring code out of the building. So I'm going from
memory.  Nor am I allowed to bring in "beta" code to see if the problem
has already been fixed.  

Jeff
hanging his head in shame as he hits C-c C-c

