GNU bug report logs - #10980
23.4; Variable init_environment incorrectly set

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Bo Johansson" <bo.johansson <at> lsn.se>

Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:16:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 23.4

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bo.johansson <at> lsn.se, 10980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10980: GNU bugs information: logs for bug#10980
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:54:25 -0400

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:03:21 -0400
>> Cc: 10980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bo.johansson <at> lsn.se
>>
>> I feel like I'm missing some important point here. If these
>> environment variables won't affect subprocess environments, why set
>> them at all?
>
> Because Emacs itself needs them.  They must be in Emacs's environment,
> but don't have to be in Vprocess_environment.

What does it need them for? Just because Emacs consults the values
from its environment? Is there some reason not to use just plain old
global variables?
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