From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Ronan.Keryell@enstb.org: tramp sudo:: and version control on RCS root controlled files] Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:50 -0500 Message-ID: <87wtj353zn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <1132399024.3050.90.camel@localhost> <87psov6yo6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132527265 6401 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2005 22:54:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: spiegel@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 20 23:54:24 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edy3x-0006Lq-Mq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:53:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edy3x-0001zE-0U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Edy1R-0007vp-0n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Edy1O-0007u5-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edy1O-0007tv-Nc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.97] (helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Edy1L-00084N-Rb; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:52 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.33.38]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051120225050.HQXA1799.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:50 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 35F0AD72BA; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:50 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:28:39 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Originating-IP: [0] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46365 Archived-At: >> We could try and use (process-file "whoami") or (process-file "id"). > Can we assume that these commands are always available on all > supported systems? Probably not, but it's not difficult to catch the error and fall back on the behavior we have now. Stefan