From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#2062: PATH can contain non-expanded variables Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:09:34 +0200 Message-ID: References: <497E69EB.70609@f2s.com> <497ED2B7.2080509@f2s.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233169894 10958 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2009 19:11:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 28 20:12:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LSFq3-0007bN-A9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:12:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57594 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFol-0004Aj-2G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:11:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFn8-00028S-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFn7-000271-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:09:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52471 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFn7-00026m-G9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:09:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:25199) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSFn7-0007EY-37 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:09:37 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KE700E003I44300@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:09:54 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.255.234]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KE700GCD3WHY2C0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:09:54 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108333 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:07:03 +0100 > From: Juanma Barranquero > Cc: 2062-close@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Eli Zaretskii , jasonr@f2s.com > > The problem is with TCC (formerly 4NT), a proprietary command shell I > use. I had mistakenly assumed that TCC worked like CMD (or, in fact, I > did the reverse: because TCC adds App Paths to PATH, I assumed that > CMD also did it). > > But it is not: apparently, TCC is adding App Paths to PATH (which is > either a bug or a feature, depending of one's POV), but it's not > taking into account that the App Paths entry can be REG_EXPAND_SZ (and > that's definitely a bug). > > I'll report it to them. Please also add an entry in PROBLEMS describing this caveat. Please state the version of TCC where this happens. Thanks.