* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
@ 2019-10-01 19:43 Richard Copley
2019-10-01 20:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 9:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Richard Copley @ 2019-10-01 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 37576
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In "emacs -Q", if the file "xyzzy" does not exist on the path,
(call-process "xyzzy") now leaves this in the *Messages* buffer:
forward-sexp: Searching for program: Permission denied, xyzzy
In older versions the entry in the message buffer is a true statement:
eval: Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
(I also noticed debug-on-error is now 't' in "emacs -Q". This isn't in the
NEWS, unless I missed it?)
In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 13, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2019-10-01 built on MACHINE
Repository revision: cbc507779b8f56ce0abf596416e8e3847de88e10
Repository branch: buster
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18890
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.1903.18890.1000)
Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Entering debugger...
Continuing.
forward-sexp: Searching for program: Permission denied, xyzzy
Configured using:
'configure --config-cache --with-modules --without-pop --without-dbus
--without-gconf --without-gsettings 'CFLAGS=-O0 -ggdb3''
Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND NOTIFY W32NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2
HARFBUZZ ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS MODULES THREADS JSON PDUMPER LCMS2 GMP
Important settings:
value of $LANG: ENG
locale-coding-system: cp1252
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Minor modes in effect:
tooltip-mode: t
global-eldoc-mode: t
eldoc-mode: t
electric-indent-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
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auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
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Load-path shadows:
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Features:
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
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
2019-10-02 9:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-01 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: 37576
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 9:56 PM Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> wrote:
> In "emacs -Q", if the file "xyzzy" does not exist on the path,
(call-process "xyzzy") now leaves this in the *Messages* buffer:
>
> forward-sexp: Searching for program: Permission denied, xyzzy
>
> In older versions the entry in the message buffer is a true statement:
>
> eval: Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
In the current trunk, I get "No such file on directory".
ELISP> (call-process "xyzzy")
*** Eval error *** Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
> Repository revision: cbc507779b8f56ce0abf596416e8e3847de88e10
> Repository branch: buster
After Paul changes adding more strict file checking, there were some fixes
to ease up. Perhaps you got a revision in between. I cannot say, because
the repository revision of your report is likely some local change by you
(it's not in the public repository).
> (I also noticed debug-on-error is now 't' in "emacs -Q".
C:> emacs.exe -Q --batch --eval "(princ debug-on-error)"
nil
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 20:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-01 22:05 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 22:16 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Richard Copley @ 2019-10-01 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: 37576
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 21:43, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 9:56 PM Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In "emacs -Q", if the file "xyzzy" does not exist on the path,
> (call-process "xyzzy") now leaves this in the *Messages* buffer:
> >
> > forward-sexp: Searching for program: Permission denied, xyzzy
> >
> > In older versions the entry in the message buffer is a true statement:
> >
> > eval: Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
>
> In the current trunk, I get "No such file on directory".
>
> ELISP> (call-process "xyzzy")
> *** Eval error *** Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
>
> > Repository revision: cbc507779b8f56ce0abf596416e8e3847de88e10
> > Repository branch: buster
>
> After Paul changes adding more strict file checking, there were some fixes
> to ease up. Perhaps you got a revision in between. I cannot say, because
> the repository revision of your report is likely some local change by you
> (it's not in the public repository).
>
I get the same results in "emacs -Q" rebuilt from scratch from current
pristine master, 2698d3dba2 (2019-10-01 23:15:03 2019 +0300). After
building and running using this command...:
git reset --hard 2698d3db && git clean -xfd && ./autogen.sh &&
./configure && make && src/emacs.exe -Q
...the recipe below pops up the Lisp debugger.
M-: (call-process SPC "xyzzy") RET
c ;; debugger-continue
On continuing in the debugger, it prints "forward-sexp: Searching for
program: Permission denied, xyzzy" in the *Messages* buffer.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 22:05 ` Richard Copley
@ 2019-10-01 22:16 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-01 22:28 ` Richard Copley
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-01 22:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: 37576
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:06 AM Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> wrote:
> On continuing in the debugger, it prints "forward-sexp: Searching for
program: Permission denied, xyzzy" in the *Messages* buffer.
With that very same revision, just bootstrapped a few minutes ago, and with
your recipe, I get
forward-sexp: Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
This is on Windows 10, with a MSYS2 64-bit build.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 22:16 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-01 22:28 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 22:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Richard Copley @ 2019-10-01 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: 37576
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 23:17, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:06 AM Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On continuing in the debugger, it prints "forward-sexp: Searching for
> program: Permission denied, xyzzy" in the *Messages* buffer.
>
> With that very same revision, just bootstrapped a few minutes ago, and
> with your recipe, I get
>
> forward-sexp: Searching for program: No such file or directory, xyzzy
>
> This is on Windows 10, with a MSYS2 64-bit build.
>
Same here. No big deal, I guess I'll get used to it.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 22:28 ` Richard Copley
@ 2019-10-01 22:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-01 22:40 ` Richard Copley
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-01 22:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: 37576
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Assuming that with "Same here" you're talking about the building
environment and operating system (because obviously the messages are
dissimilar)... That's puzzling.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 22:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-01 22:40 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-01 23:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Richard Copley @ 2019-10-01 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: 37576
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 23:33, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Assuming that with "Same here" you're talking about the building
> environment and operating system (because obviously the messages are
> dissimilar)... That's puzzling.
>
Yes.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 22:40 ` Richard Copley
@ 2019-10-01 23:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 10:07 ` Andreas Schwab
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-01 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: 37576
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:40 AM Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> wrote:
>That's puzzling.
Ok.
I get your message if I add to PATH a non-existent (or, I suppose,
non-accesible) directory.
So, if you have such a directory in your PATH, the message you get is
correct, because it happens before call-process can totally determine that
it can not find "xyzzy".
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
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
@ 2019-10-02 9:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-10-02 9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: 37576
Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> writes:
> (I also noticed debug-on-error is now 't' in "emacs -Q". This isn't in
> the NEWS, unless I missed it?)
That variable it not `t', but there's a new variable called
`eval-expression-debug-on-error' that's in effect when you `M-:', and
`debug-on-error' is bound to whatever that variable is in that command.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-01 23:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-02 10:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 10:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Schwab @ 2019-10-02 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
On Okt 02 2019, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, if you have such a directory in your PATH, the message you get is
> correct, because it happens before call-process can totally determine that
> it can not find "xyzzy".
No, non-existing PATH elements are supposed to be ignored.
Andreas.
--
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 10:07 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2019-10-02 10:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 11:02 ` Andreas Schwab
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-02 10:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Schwab; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:07 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
wrote:
> No, non-existing PATH elements are supposed to be ignored.
Ok, let me rephrase this.
Non-existent PATH element are ignored when searching, if the program is
found.
When the search fails, Emacs is now reporting "permission denied" if some
PATH element was non-existent, or "no such file or directory" otherwise. At
least on Windows.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 10:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-02 11:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 11:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 2 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Schwab @ 2019-10-02 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
On Okt 02 2019, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> When the search fails, Emacs is now reporting "permission denied" if some
> PATH element was non-existent, or "no such file or directory" otherwise. At
> least on Windows.
And that is a bug. A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
should be ignored.
Andreas.
--
Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org
GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1
"And now for something completely different."
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 11:02 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2019-10-02 11:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-10-02 12:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-02 11:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Schwab; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 1:02 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> And that is a bug. A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
> should be ignored.
Just out of curiosity... Says who? I mean, there's a standard (POSIX or
whatever) that says what kind of error message you should give when
searching the PATH and not finding what you were looking for? Or it just
states that non-existing elements should be ignored, in the sense of not
stopping the search?
Not arguing, genuinely curious.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 11:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-02 12:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 13:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Schwab @ 2019-10-02 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juanma Barranquero; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
On Okt 02 2019, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 1:02 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
>> And that is a bug. A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
>> should be ignored.
>
> Just out of curiosity... Says who?
That's how the shell behaves.
Andreas.
--
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GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1
"And now for something completely different."
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 12:58 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2019-10-02 13:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
0 siblings, 0 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2019-10-02 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Schwab; +Cc: Richard Copley, 37576
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> That's how the shell behaves.
Ok.
In this specific case, which is trying to run a program and failing from
inside Emacs, I think it could be argued both ways: that it is more
informative to know there's something a bit off in your PATH, or that it is
irrelevant, because the relevant info is that the program couldn't be run.
I suppose the answer to "one way or the other" is "Yes, as long as it is
consistently done in all platforms."
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 11:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-10-02 11:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
@ 2019-10-02 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-02 17:09 ` Richard Copley
1 sibling, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2019-10-02 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Schwab; +Cc: rcopley, lekktu, 37576
> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:02:43 +0200
> Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>, 37576@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> On Okt 02 2019, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When the search fails, Emacs is now reporting "permission denied" if some
> > PATH element was non-existent, or "no such file or directory" otherwise. At
> > least on Windows.
>
> And that is a bug. A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
> should be ignored.
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 still didn't hear from Richard confirming that his case is indeed
caused by a non-existent directory on PATH. Maybe there are other
factors at work here.
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2019-10-02 17:09 ` Richard Copley
2019-10-02 17:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 18+ messages in thread
From: Richard Copley @ 2019-10-02 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: Juanma Barranquero, Andreas Schwab, 37576
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 17:48, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
> > Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:02:43 +0200
> > Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>, 37576@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > On Okt 02 2019, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > When the search fails, Emacs is now reporting "permission denied" if
> some
> > > PATH element was non-existent, or "no such file or directory"
> otherwise. At
> > > least on Windows.
> >
> > And that is a bug. A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
> > should be ignored.
>
> 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.)
Maybe there are other
> factors at work here.
>
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* bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
2019-10-02 17:09 ` Richard Copley
@ 2019-10-02 17:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2019-10-02 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Copley; +Cc: lekktu, schwab, 37576-done
> 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.
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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
2019-10-02 9:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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