From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org
Subject: Why is this not working (apply + call-process + list of string args)?
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:56:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM9PR09MB4977F3C565A0D9E9F1FE026896499@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
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 "
"--with-x "
"--with-x-toolkit=no "
"--without-gconf "
"--without-gsettings "
"--with-cairo "
"--without-toolkit-scroll-bars "
"--with-xinput2 "
"--without-included-regex "
"--without-compress-install "))
(defun configure (&rest args)
(apply #'call-process
(expand-file-name "./configure")
nil build-log nil args))
(apply #'configure args)
#end_src
However it does not work, configure script seems to see wrong arguments.
I have snitched solution from call-process-shell-command:
(defun configure (&rest args)
(call-process shell-file-name nil build-log nil shell-command-switch
(mapconcat #'identity (cons "./configure" args) " ")))
which works fine, but I don't really understand what is going "behind the
scenes"; why do I need to start an extra shell process? I guess it has something
with how arguments are quoted and passed to call-process, but I am not
sure. Clarification appreciated. Thanks in advance.
next reply other threads:[~2022-09-15 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-15 13:56 Arthur Miller [this message]
2022-09-15 15:12 ` Why is this not working (apply + call-process + list of string args)? Jean Louis
2022-09-15 21:37 ` Arthur Miller
2022-09-15 22:04 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-15 23:16 ` Arthur Miller
2022-09-15 17:00 ` Bruno Barbier
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2022-09-15 21:43 ` Arthur Miller
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