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: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 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, 08 Apr 2016 22:24:40 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Waiting won't do anything. One should actively contact maintainers of
>> affected packages. It's our fault, not theirs.
>
> We already did. 

Please note that the list of affected applications may include things
other than shells; eg

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-11/msg00035.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-11/msg00084.html

http://www.swi-prolog.org/pldoc/man?section=flags
"SWI-Prolog assumes this is the case if the environment variable EMACS
is t"

Since it is impossible to construct the definitive list of affected
applications, that is why I am personally pessimistic about being able
to change this without use of Emacs SOP: change it and see what breaks.
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