Re: What does the error "Process <URL> not running" mean?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:35:38 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:20:41 +0100
    >> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
    >> 
    >> Iʼd rather someone with the requisite skills and tolerance for Windows
    >> changed the Emacs select emulation to remove the limit (perhaps by
    >> using the Gnulib 'select' module).

    Eli> Why do you think the Gnulib module is free from the same (or similar)
    Eli> limitation?  Isn't FD_SETSIZE = 64 in winsock2.h?

It is, but youʼre allowed to set it higher, as far as I know. Maybe it
would be enough to just call winsock `select' from Emacs' select
emulation, but only for sockets.

    Eli> Also, the pselect emulation in Emacs also emulates SIGCHLD from
    Eli> sub-processes, something the Gnulib module does not AFAIR.

Thatʼs only needed for real sub-processes, not sockets, no?

    Eli> And finally, Gnulib dropped Windows 9X support long ago, so its module
    Eli> will not run on those old versions (and actually is unlikely to run
    Eli> even on Windows XP, as they've abandoned that as well).

At some point we have to stop supporting ancient platforms.

Robert
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