From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1642: grep fails with "Can't exec program" Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:32:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87vdtf5mko.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315766516 14879 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2011 18:41:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 1642@debbugs.gnu.org To: "David L" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 11 20:41:51 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oyV-0002eH-7L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36113 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oyU-00089I-Qs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:41:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oyR-00088j-Gb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:41:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oyQ-0005r3-Gg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:41:47 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oyQ-0005qu-EB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2p2Y-0000ZI-UX; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 1642 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo unreproducible Original-Received: via spool by 1642-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B1642.13157667381199 (code B ref 1642); Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:46:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1642) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Sep 2011 18:45:38 +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 1R2p1z-0000Hs-8X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:45:35 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2p1o-0000Al-BC for 1642@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:45:18 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R2oxY-0005TN-Sa; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:40:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: (David L.'s message of "Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:40:52 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Nadja's _Desire In Uneasiness_: "Deterritorialization" X-MailScanner-ID: 1R2oxY-0005TN-Sa MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316371253.06501@9ObvPv/cz/lfyGN4PJ/m0Q X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:46:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:50956 Archived-At: "David L" writes: >>>From what I can determine, execvp is failing in callproc.c, but I don' know > why this would be intermittent: > > execvp (new_argv[0], new_argv); > emacs_write (1, "Can't exec program: ", 20); Are you still seeing this bug in newer Emacsen? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/