From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#767: 23.0.60; compilation-start gives bad default-directory Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:38:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <48B00B00.1050305@gmail.com> <48C42E3D.3000709@gmail.com> <48C433E2.3090101@gmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 767@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220820548 28115 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2008 20:49:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 767@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 07 22:50:03 2008 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 1KcRCs-0000V1-1T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34655 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRBr-0001pq-9F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:48:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAZ-0000zP-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAW-0000x4-0w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37462 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcRAV-0000wr-F2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:36829) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KcRAU-0004Hr-Jt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:35 -0400 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 m87KlW3p004335; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:47:32 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m87Kj6VR003151; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:45:06 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:45:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 767 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 767-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B767.12208199291041 (code B ref 767); Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:45:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 767) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Sep 2008 20:38:49 +0000 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m87Kck5L001035 for <767@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:38:47 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiQFAP/Yw0hFxIqP/2dsb2JhbACBZbAbgWaBBw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.32,352,1217822400"; d="scan'208";a="26487445" Original-Received: from 69-196-138-143.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.138.143]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 07 Sep 2008 16:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9EC42B4062; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:38:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <48C433E2.3090101@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:04:50 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:38 -0400 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:20315 Archived-At: >>> I suggested that this should be fixed somewhere in start-process and I >>> think Chong added something along those lines. >> I saw that yes. And I think that given the docstring, the patch should >> not let-bind default-directory but just setq it (or do nothing at all). > Why not change the doc string instead and say that it is recommended > that default-directory ends with a slash? Because it worked just fine as it is. You still haven't told us where the offending (non slash-terminated) value came from (which is the thing that needs to be fixed). Stefan