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: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
Cc: 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#20202: EMACS=t Joy and Happiness
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:52:57 -0400

> I worry that "Bash 4.4 or later is common" is rather indeterminate; my

At least Debian's stable (stretch) is on bash-4.4 (but still at 4.3 in
oldstable (jessie)).

> desktop is now 4.4.19. but another machine I am using has bash
> 4.2.46. Given that Emacs-26 is now destined to come out with
> EMACS=26.1.0, I would like to propose that we now remove this on master,
> i.e. make it happen for Emacs-27 which should be in about 2020.

Sounds good to me: by the time Emacs-27 comes out, Debian's oldstable
will be stretch (hence at 4.4).


        Stefan
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