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

From: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20202: 24.3; Comint mode sets a bad $EMACS
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:27:35 -0400

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> So, since it has been deprecated for almost 8 years, it looks fine to
>> remove it.
>
> Agreed.
>
>> If not, then setting it back to the running Emacs would work too, but
>
> It's never really been set that way, except for some very brief window
> (I don't think it made it into a release, for example).

Yeah, that's what I thought.  FWIW, to avoid it for now, I've made my
Emacs set it to "emacs" and it looks like that works fine for builds.

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