Subject: bug#15417: closed (Re: bug#15417: (compile "cd /u*r && ... cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:36:03 +0000

Your bug report

#15417: (compile "cd /u*r && ... cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#15417: (compile "cd /u*r && ... cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable
From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
To: Kevin Rodgers <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:35:35 -0400
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> Sure, sorry for the delay:

Thanks, installed.  There are still many ways to make the code fail, tho.
I think the better solution would be to pass the whole argument to
a shell, so we get the actually correct expansion.

        Stefan

Subject: (compile "cd /u*r && ... cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:55:45 +0800
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Cannot do
(compile "cd /u*r && echo wow")
will get
cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable

OK, but add "kindly don't use wildcards" etc. to tell the user this is
intentional if so...