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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:58:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: 15417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15417: (compile "cd /u*r && ... cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 23:45:18 -0600

On 9/25/13 11:06 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Why is this a bug?  i.e. is there a /u*r directory, and do its permissions
>
> Yes, in the shell (which is normally what runs this command), "cd /u*r"
> will probably succeed by expanding "/u*r" to "/usr".
> But the hack I added to "M-x compile" which tries to recognize a leading
> "cd<blabla>" gets in the way.

Ah, I see.

Seems like after extracting the <blabla> arg and substituting the values
of any referenced environment variables (already implemented by the
current hack), you could pass the result to file-expand-wildcards.  Then
check that there is only a single directory in the result, and pass that
directory to `cd'.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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