From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, schwab@linux-m68k.org, 37576-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:19:20 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8336gb83qf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPM58oj9jXnhEw0NSJ1bOZkSVc9Cqqa1QZeS0PbkKNtf-3dEgQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Richard Copley on Wed, 2 Oct 2019 18:09:14 +0100)
> From: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 18:09:14 +0100
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>, 37576@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> I don't know what "ignore" means in this case, since call-process
> should signal an error if it's unable to find the program. If you
> mean that nonexistent directories should be treated as if they
> existed, but didn't have the program in them, then I agree, and I've
> now fixed the Windows build's behavior to match that of the Posix
> builds in this case.
>
> I agree with that too, FWIW. Thanks.
>
> I still didn't hear from Richard confirming that his case is indeed
> caused by a non-existent directory on PATH.
>
> Yes it is. (At least, there are non-existent directories in PATH, and I get the correct message now.)
Thanks, then it's time to close this bug.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-02 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-01 19:43 bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found Richard Copley
2019-10-01 20:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-01 22:05 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 22:16 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-01 22:28 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 22:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-01 22:40 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 23:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 10:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 10:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 11:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 11:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 12:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 13:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-02 17:09 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-02 17:19 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-10-02 9:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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