GNU bug report logs - #12351
24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 19:06:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 12351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12351: 24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:10:42 +0100
On Mon, Dec 31 2012, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> No, that would be wrong.  Every OS I know of treats empty elements in
> "colon paths" (semicolon paths on Windows) differently from elements
> that are "."

But not in the PATH environment variable, I'd think in the light of

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html#tag_08_03

Wolfgang




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