From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58080: 29.0.50; Don't hard-code path to pwd Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:19:52 +0000 Message-ID: <0f4ca4f331889b63bc26@heytings.org> References: <87k05rmft6.fsf@bernoul.li> <83fsgelg2v.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24581"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 58080@debbugs.gnu.org, Jonas Bernoulli To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 26 10:20:35 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLv-0006Cz-7z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:20:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60308 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLu-0003zT-3r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:20:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLO-0003w8-Tj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50172) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLO-0005kL-Cv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLN-0001IP-T0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:20:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58080 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 58080-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58080.16641804004968 (code B ref 58080); Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58080) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Sep 2022 08:20:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49250 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLM-0001I4-7m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:20:00 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:58862) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ocjLG-0001Hp-4W for 58080@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:19:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1664180392; bh=LSqOwD8kv7mTmNRup0AmVOsUu81XOpjsD6yn5Wv9KbA=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=C85UlOuc4I3SWAhGgJD5YzNeaxjLPhvoArLiL6LIsBUtUXm9cOQnPZg3Z5CJzQesL 3v3HlDEPWPtlP4yJiXtP5obnFMXXodoMYqtiKbLKEvh5lWFMvb5Lvd+wkqSSFCebg/ tFE4kwbpwXNLtIGdtFwqDqfQpAarc+hvenoPCbtx7Bl4KggTi3onGKafBS/DwD+58p yMcp5xxAhDUh9ogkMybg3KWShSDsP7FecN+bAn5wVYN5O/HzD9EIsz5NqukisaXcyg hMU+0oTo2TKL+wG+0hLYM3e7RsTMShsmq6sarPALz/ev0hz8EU7iu4qoxyinlQPGs3 iIol73Lp1R4tQ== In-Reply-To: <83fsgelg2v.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:243629 Archived-At: > > I don't see anything like PWDCMD in any of the GNU projects I have here, > but they do use just "pwd", not "/bin/pwd". So maybe so should we, and > that would solve this particular problem as well? > The difference is that /bin/pwd gives, unlike pwd, the "true" path (without symlinks). Not sure if it's important enough to justify the use of /bin/pwd, though. The use of /bin/pwd instead of pwd dates from 8672a560f6 by RMS in 1994.