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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From: "Phillip Lord" <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
To: "Paul Eggert" <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Subject: bug#20202: bug#20484: bug#20202: Considered Harmful 73d213: 'Comint, term, and compile new set Emacs'
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 19:14:15 +0100

On Fri, April 8, 2016 6:12 pm, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/08/2016 09:46 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
>> Regarding bug#20484 as pointed out by Philip Lord we can address it
>> without breaking bug#20484 by only reverting the behavior in ansi-term.
>
> Yes, this is the direction I'm heading as well. Thanks, Philip, for
> doing all the legwork on other shells. As Philip implies, Bash will need
> another fix before Bash 4.4 goes out, and I'm working on that now. I'll
> CC: here.
>
>
> What a mess, eh?

A whole set of decisions which, individually, make sense all conspiring to
produce a disaster.

Phil
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