bug#4137: 23.1.50; vc-dir waits instead of error message

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I tried doing vc-dir without having entered my passphrase to enable
>> subjobs of Emacs to contact savannah.  So CVS would have failed.
>> But vc-dir gave no sign of this.  It created the buffer in the initial
>> state, and never said or did anything more.
>
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately didn't get any
> response at the time.)
>
> I'm not sure I understand this bug report.  Was Emacs supposed to prompt
> for a password here?  (I think I've repressed how CVS worked with
> remote, password-protected repositories...)

More information was requested, but no response was given within a few
months, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please respond to this email and we'll reopen the bug report.

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