From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10980: 23.4; Variable initial-environment incorrectly set Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:05:31 +0200 Message-ID: <8362dvuixw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <91BFD8A43A0C4F29ADF1BB30E3861DAD@spc2> <83d383uwri.fsf@gnu.org> <638D93647FE24F879BBCDB56FB6C91E0@spc2> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332536776 10518 80.91.229.3 (23 Mar 2012 21:06:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10980@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bo Johansson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 23 22:06:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SBBgc-000701-VP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:06:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBBgc-0002zQ-98 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:06:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49937) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBBgY-0002zA-KV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:06:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBBgW-0005r3-Hm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:06:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57185) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBBgW-0005qt-FM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:06:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBCAQ-0005BJ-CW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10980 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10980-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10980.133253860119888 (code B ref 10980); Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10980) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Mar 2012 21:36:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35784 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBCA4-0005Aj-QE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:46275) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBC9o-0005AL-A1 for 10980@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M1C00A00VVE2900@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 10980@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:05:24 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.241.151]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M1C0099BVWZHEH0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:05:24 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <638D93647FE24F879BBCDB56FB6C91E0@spc2> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:58040 Archived-At: > From: "Bo Johansson" > Cc: <10980@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:20:23 +0100 > > Summary: A value in the variable initial-environment according to the > documentation makes it possible to "get the same result doing something from > within Emacs as doing it from a Windows command prompt". > > (See also > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2012-03/msg00178.html.) Is this only about SHELL, and only with dmake, or are there other variables that get in the way of other programs? Please be specific; the few changes done to the variables outside Emacs are done for a good reason, so it's important to know the exact adverse effects of that to judge how justified would it be to change the current code.