Re: Emacs 21.3.50 grep.el/executable.el problems

["Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.mvs.co.il>]

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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:35:22 +0100, Markus Rost <rost@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
>
> I suggest following simple fix, at least as a temporary solution.
> I'll install it, if one of the maintainers agrees.
>
> ===Buffer *vc-diff*=========================================
> *** executable.el.~1.30.~	Thu Feb 12 14:48:19 2004
> --- executable.el	Mon Feb 16 15:22:31 2004
> ***************
> *** 145,156 ****
>     "Check if PROGRAM handles arguments Posix-style.
>   If PROGRAM is non-nil, use that instead of \"find\"."
>     ;;  Pick file to search from location we know
> !   (let* ((dir   (car load-path))
> !          (file  (find-if
> !                  (lambda (x)
> !                    ;; Filter directories . and ..
> !                    (not (string-match "^\\.\\.?$" x)))
> !                  (directory-files dir))))
>       (with-temp-buffer
>         (call-process (or program "find")
>                       nil
> --- 145,152 ----
>     "Check if PROGRAM handles arguments Posix-style.
>   If PROGRAM is non-nil, use that instead of \"find\"."
>     ;;  Pick file to search from location we know
> !   (let* ((dir data-directory)

`find' fails if dir is a symbolic link. I'll change this to:
      (let* ((dir  (or (file-symlink-p data-directory) data-directory))

> !          (file (car (directory-files dir nil "^[^.]"))))
>       (with-temp-buffer
>         (call-process (or program "find")
>                       nil
> ============================================================

Ehud.


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