From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Randy Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7310: 23.2; environment not propery inherited Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:53:36 -0400 Organization: Digital Signal Labs Message-ID: References: <8xaaltydzv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288592020 9296 80.91.229.12 (1 Nov 2010 06:13:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 06:13:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7310@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 01 07:13:35 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 1PCneA-0005hJ-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:13:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50283 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCne9-0003kn-Rh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:13:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39572 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCndz-0003hY-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCndt-00059L-PX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCndt-00057l-Ng for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:13:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCn7j-0007bv-Cl; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Randy Yates Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:40:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7310 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7310-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7310.128858994729245 (code B ref 7310); Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7310) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2010 05:39:07 +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 1PCn6n-0007be-PW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com ([208.47.184.3]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCkSV-0006Hq-8m for 7310@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:49:19 -0400 X-BINDING: X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=Jdll+A5vSOWkrHoLetmef/r+Lmls6+hpi7IgfVSLf1k= c=1 sm=0 a=Uy7LJ46cmUMA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=W4bK7hW/CfVd96Kdo2DMgQ==:17 a=mDV3o1hIAAAA:8 a=vTr9H3xdAAAA:8 a=o83nqyVRAAAA:8 a=yrnTiy7_AAAA:8 a=IF527hoyRw3mEg8FCXIA:9 a=sEKurZvzScJDbJP-YhHfBTUaNhgA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=ii61gXl28gQA:10 a=ZrMMMnaxNC4A:10 a=W4bK7hW/CfVd96Kdo2DMgQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp03.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=yatesfreedarandy@centurylink.net; auth=pass (LOGIN) Original-Received: from [76.3.105.199] ([76.3.105.199:19128] helo=galois.digitalsignallabs.com) by smtp.centurylink.net (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTPA id 8D/ED-09865-1BB2ECC4; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:53:37 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [192.168.1.100]) by galois.digitalsignallabs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA5B476017D; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:53:36 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8xaaltydzv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:27:48 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:39:04 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:40:03 -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:41325 Archived-At: Hi Glenn, Sorry for the false alarm. It turns out I had eval-expression-print-length set to 12 so I wasn't seeing the entire environment string. So, never mind! --Randy Glenn Morris writes: > Randy Yates wrote: > >> I have an environment variable defined in an xterm, >> >> $ echo $LOCALTEXMF >> /usr/local/share/texmf >> >> but when I run emacs, even with emacs -Q, then evaluating >> >> initial-environment >> >> in the scratch buffer does not reveal the LOCALTEXMF variable. > > This seems very odd. Are you sure $LOCALTEXMF is exported? > > What happens with (assuming a sh-like shell): > > export LOCALTEXMF=/usr/local/share/texmf > emacs -Q > M-: (getenv "LOCALTEXMF") > > ? > > (works for me) > >> In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) >> of 2010-06-03 on xb-01.phx2.fedoraproject.org > -- Randy Yates % "Bird, on the wing, Digital Signal Labs % goes floating by mailto://yates@ieee.org % but there's a teardrop in his eye..." http://www.digitalsignallabs.com % 'One Summer Dream', *Face The Music*, ELO