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#6401: Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:08:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83k46s9gje.fsf@gnu.org> References: <3ECA75E7-611F-4D2A-B6B9-C0FEC96D1070@hofland.no> <822479C3-8B02-4BD7-AB56-C5D7DD31D9D6@tenkan.org> <2cmxboiol1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321985451 12187 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2011 18:10:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6401@debbugs.gnu.org, tim@tenkan.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 22 19:10:47 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSunu-0004Qm-8Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:10:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSunt-0001VV-Om for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52112) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSunq-0001SY-NW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSunp-0001Wk-Ex for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:42 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33056) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSunp-0001Wg-DF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSup7-0008Me-Sa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:12:01 -0500 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6401 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6401-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6401.132198548832110 (code B ref 6401); Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6401) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Nov 2011 18:11:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSuoZ-0008Lr-Sh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:11:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSuoS-0008Lf-8a for 6401@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:11:26 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LV200F00QFBMX00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 6401@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:09:58 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.237.133]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LV200EEAQGG7IW0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:09:58 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:12:01 -0500 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:54173 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: tim@tenkan.org, 6401@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:29:58 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> Why does a --with-ns build actually need to set these env-vars for child > >> processes? > >> Could they specifically be unset in spawned M-x shells? > > > > How will Emacs know that these variables weren't set by the parent > > shell? > > I'm ignorant of all this. What do child processes of Emacs need these > variables for? Can you give me one example of something I might want to > run inside an emacs M-x shell buffer that needs to know EMACSDATA? It's > not set in shells spawned by a GNU/Linux build. Consider the case when the user sets this in the parent shell. Then a sub-shell will inherit it, and so will a sub-Emacs. Don't know if this is the problems with ns, though.