bug#6274: 23.2; url-retrieve-synchronously freezes

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Johan Andersson <johan.rejeep@gmail.com> writes:

> The function `url-retrieve-synchronously' defined in url.el does not
> work as expected. When calling the function, everything freezes,
> but only until I either move the mouse or press something on the
> keyboard. Then the action continues to execute.
>
> The problem is easiest reproduced with this:
> (let ((url "http://google.com";))
>   (switch-to-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously (url-generic-parse-url
>   url))))

This bug report is five years old, and I haven't seen any similar
reports the last few years, so I think this is fixed.

So I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists, please
reopen this bug report.

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