From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2062: PATH can contain non-expanded variables Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:42:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <497E69EB.70609@f2s.com> <497ED2B7.2080509@f2s.com> <497F0C53.5090902@gnu.org> Reply-To: Juanma Barranquero , 2062@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233068807 7042 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2009 15:06:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:06:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2062@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 27 16:08:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LRpVT-0006Qa-Fi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:05:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59741 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRpUB-00071T-Li for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:04:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRpTW-0006e8-4h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRpTS-0006bl-LU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41471 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRpTR-0006bT-RX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:37975) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRpTR-0004oO-5b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0RF3Tw6011821; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:03:30 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n0REo4GS008260; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:50:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Juanma Barranquero Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs , owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:50:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2062 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2062-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2062.12330673546767 (code B ref 2062); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:50:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2062) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 Jan 2009 14:42:34 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0REgQU7006761 for <2062@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:42:27 -0800 Original-Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so1030797eyf.13 for <2062@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:42:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3Vxuz6hod71drvWnIm6O1MZKJP9IzF80Tre0Qj1i8Fw=; b=J7auOJAhrBeBnayra49wCUbb5niNAX/nL3jSshssF/E2O//KVSaQnT3uPo5WocV4ts I52mXeLJZhrTPPQ1QqoOObcExX8XHTA84Ma1vQ8EN+OcMOmBjfN3zZ2h2DWBS9eYtA/I co0vOb+OOadXu3bmUrGdBU05+wctGEj5q6yi4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZhcXnEoijz6QdPip9lC0Hy/z6A+33zfAq2Au9+FkJ+WDzom5uEQOwCeX903MxcXlrP KV+CIGnbSvKttxmHbKPv/MirYbI2kkkUisN9xO1DfmFwB4ZAA6Hs3z0PrX3WRucdbnxA zQk21zBzJkX6j07cHzr2rhRvky4u3clgi9VYg= Original-Received: by 10.210.61.11 with SMTP id j11mr242988eba.119.1233067345535; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:42:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <497F0C53.5090902@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:36 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24615 Archived-At: On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 14:29, Jason Rumney wrote: > If we decide b, then why would we only decide that for Windows (syntax > excepted)? No particular reason, except that REG_EXPAND_SZ exists, and so, having variables in PATH is not uncommon on Windows, while it is perhaps uncommon in other OSes. But that's no reason not to generalize it, if deemed useful, of course. Juanma