From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: 900276502f..: Paul Eggert 2018-11-13 Act like POSIX sh if $HOME is relative Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:29:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <8336r222jd.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1544630725 10233 195.159.176.226 (12 Dec 2018 16:05:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:05:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, joaotavora@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 12 17:05:21 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gX70j-0002Yw-6D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:05:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45784 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX72p-0002aG-HW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54608) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX6Sd-0006TN-Dd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX6Sc-00052D-1k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:30:07 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp2130.oracle.com ([141.146.126.79]:59862) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gX6SW-0004y4-Jm; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:30:00 -0500 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id wBCFDk5B168903; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:29:50 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=mime-version : message-id : date : from : sender : to : cc : subject : references : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=MtsS0+bULFhxE9dkFNnn83oaU4JrTUfsea6BY7kXyFI=; b=DTEREmpFyqYwlsmSBoTLE7dZOn+h6pef18gI8iJGVxYhYuRzWFdoQI/lYY9HnouSlQD9 ZERcGrviztDcstX7+rw2NMhtGH9jR8CW/kS7u02HtMwQrP202S2/QLi8W8CTTsAKaOII QQ1Q1taPhLZ+AJAJJH6KgG1xQL7U6iv/jsvLl6DyNUAwPxtYB2ylQ8PY8RYlbqhi67MH ywi3fcOgwtUGORX6ho+t0++5UIcCBdpDEObA802fKv+qI5x/bkqCRPoIydaA/g3uujvH a8hwPj4VLOD3QgyH5GSr2kcCd9+NpupYvRH103qraxXmjvN5ekGqPDF1n65YqDySXqS5 6w== Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2pawwp2edp-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:29:50 +0000 Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wBCFTnCF012167 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:29:49 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id wBCFTm8t022306; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:29:48 GMT In-Reply-To: <8336r222jd.fsf@gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4771.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=9104 signatures=668679 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=730 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1812120133 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.79 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:231785 Archived-At: > > Setting HOME=3D"z:" says =E2=80=9CWhichever is the current directory on= drive Z >=20 > Emacs doesn't support drive-relative file names on Windows. It never > did. It always interpreted "x:" as the root directory on drive x. Whatever gets decided wrt this bug report, please ensure that the Emacs docs make clear what the behavior is. In particular, let's tell users that "Emacs doesn't support drive-relative file names on Windows." So, e.g., it interprets "x:" as the root directory on drive x. (Perhaps the behavior is already documented, in which case no change is needed - dunno.)