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#21323: start-process rejects .com executables Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:21:39 +0300 Message-ID: <838u93i0xo.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440271400 27324 80.91.229.3 (22 Aug 2015 19:23:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21323-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Lindqvist Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 22 21:23:10 2015 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 1ZTENi-0001zX-8n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:23:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47895 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENh-00082M-IB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50681) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENd-00080v-RP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENa-0005ZM-Mq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43253) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENa-0005ZI-K5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENa-0006F8-Bi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 21323 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 21323@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, bjourne@gmail.com Original-Received: via spool by 21323-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D21323.144027136023959 (code D ref 21323); Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21323-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2015 19:22:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35462 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTEND-0006EM-Em for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:22:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:40917) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZTENA-0006EB-Gg for 21323-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:22:37 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NTI002000AMIZ00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 21323-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:21:40 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NTI002MF0G46E80@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:21:40 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:105713 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:24:00 +0200 > From: Björn Lindqvist > > I found this bug on windows ver 24.5.1. If you try to run a .com file: > > (start-process "X" "Y" "c:/Windows/System32/tree.com") > > You get: "Spawning child process: exec format error" Indeed. > The cryptic error appears to be a result of the .com extension. No, it's because .com programs are run via cmdproxy.exe, and there's a bug in computing the directory where we look for it. As a workaround, you can set CMDPROXY in the environment to point to cmdproxy.exe (should be in libexec/emacs/24.5/i686-pc-mingw32/ subdirectory of the directory where you installed Emacs 24.5). I've now fixed this for the next release so it will work even without setting CMDPROXY in the environment. Thanks.