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From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why is this not working (apply + call-process + list of string args)?
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 23:37:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM9PR09MB4977092C8C2BD1FCBAAF230A96499@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YyNA+J1pgomvJQTS@protected.localdomain> (Jean Louis's message of "Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:12:56 +0300")

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> [2022-09-15 17:03]:
>> I just wonder if someone can explain exact what is going on here:
>> 
>> I have a list of strings of arruments I try to pass to configure script. It
>> looks something like this:
>> 
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>> (defvar args
>> '("--with-native-compilation "
>
> What I know is that there shall be no space in those arguments.

Indeed, space was the problem. Didn't know it mattered. Thank you for the help.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-15 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-15 13:56 Why is this not working (apply + call-process + list of string args)? Arthur Miller
2022-09-15 15:12 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-15 21:37   ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2022-09-15 22:04     ` Jean Louis
2022-09-15 23:16       ` Arthur Miller
2022-09-15 17:00 ` Bruno Barbier
     [not found] ` <b875afd4-8022-4a16-9791-0e4cbc5c1d1f@BN8NAM04FT028.eop-NAM04.prod.protection.outlook.com>
2022-09-15 21:43   ` Arthur Miller

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