bug#25721: 26.0.50; Stuck `compile' when Gnus runs concurrently

[Marco Wahl]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: marcowahlsoft@gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:02:14 +0100
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ACTIONS:
>> 
>> 1.
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>> M-; (make-thread #'gnus)
>> 
>> 2.
>> 
>> Goto a directory with something to compile with the command 'make'.
>> 
>> 3.
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>> M-x compile make
>> 
>> 
>> OBSERVATION:
>> 
>> The buffer *compile* does not display the progress of the compilation.
>> It looks like beeing 'stuck'.
>> 
>> WANT:
>> 
>> The buffer *compile*  displays the progress of the compilation.
>> 
>
> If Gnus keeps the other thread busy, then Emacs will never become
> idle, in which case this is normal, because Emacs only reads output
> from subprocesses when it's idle.

Okay.  Thanks for your explanation and time.

Sidenote: I have the impression that sometimes the compile runs through
(with all the output in the *compile* buffer all of a sudden) and
sometimes the compile really gets stuck.  If I can formulate a
reproducible recipe I will file a fresh report.


Best regards, Marco