GNU bug report logs - #20202
24.3; Comint mode sets a bad $EMACS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:46:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #102 received at 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
Subject: Re: bug#20484: bug#20202: Considered Harmful 73d213: 'Comint, term,
 and compile new set Emacs'
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:45:07 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Should we patch the Emacs makefiles to stop making use of $(EMACS) then?
>
> Yes.

Why? Emacs builds fine with "EMACS=blah" in the environment, since it
explicitly sets EMACS as needed. The only issue here is with Makefiles
that use their environment unsanitised.
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