From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20744: shell-quote-argument in Emacs 24.5 and Emacs 25 on Windows cannot figure out path correctly Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:03:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5571CF77.5000902@gmail.com> <83oaktoqw1.fsf@gnu.org> <837frfmiyy.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433772269 17608 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2015 14:04:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:04:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20744@debbugs.gnu.org, zhangda82@gmail.com To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 16:04:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xf0-0005rJ-Dy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:04:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58189 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xez-0004Wb-TW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:04:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xeo-0004Kx-W8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:04:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xek-0004HQ-Ks for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xek-0004HM-Fk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xek-0004pi-6l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:04:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20744 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20744-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20744.143377223718565 (code B ref 20744); Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20744) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jun 2015 14:03:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45287 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xea-0004pI-Bg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:03:57 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:46320) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1xeU-0004p6-67 for 20744@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:03:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id t58E3jlX007962; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:03:45 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E4142AE13F; Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:03:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 07 Jun 2015 20:07:10 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5331=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5331> : inlines <3172> : streams <1452068> : uri <1952832> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:103746 Archived-At: >> Anyway, if we think ':' doesn't need to be quoted, how about removing >> it from the Posix branch of shell-quote-argument? > The comment there says "This should be safe enough even for really weird > shells." That's a much broader question than just Bash! :) Let's stop escaping the : and if/when someone comes up with a very weird shell where this is a problem, we'll see what can be done. Stefan