From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5771: 23.1; compile command with cd to new dir Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:53:58 -0400 Message-ID: <87pr2omdd5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <874ok4kpfo.fsf@blah.blah> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269806179 30681 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2010 19:56:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5771@debbugs.gnu.org To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 28 21:56:15 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvyak-0001L7-FI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:56:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49887 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvyak-0007wn-1n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:56:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NvyaA-0007KS-SN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52272 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvya5-0007G3-KE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvya4-0004Gk-2Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:33 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvya4-0004Gd-0q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvyZa-0007Fn-6L; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:02 -0400 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <874ok4kpfo.fsf@blah.blah> Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:55:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5771 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5771-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5771.126980604527865 (code B ref 5771); Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:55:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5771) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Mar 2010 19:54:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvyYe-0007FO-QY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po35.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.83]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvyYd-0007F3-H7 for 5771@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (173-14-147-246-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.14.147.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po35.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o2SJrwww032453 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:53:59 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C2042C05D; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:53:58 -0400 (EDT) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:55:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35785 Archived-At: > (compile "mkdir /tmp/newdir;\n cd /tmp/newdir;\n echo hi") > > gets an emacs error > > => /tmp/newdir/: no such directory > > and doesn't run the command. I hoped that no matter what the command > string contains that emacs would start it. The problem was that compile had this faulty regexp test: (string-match "^\\s *cd\\(?:\\s +\\(\\S +?\\)\\)?\\s *[;&\n]" command) The `^' matches characters after newlines, which is not what's intended; we want to match only the beginning of the string, with `\''. I've checked in a fix; thanks for the bug report.