GNU bug report logs - #20484
25.0.50; Directory tracking in ansi-term broken.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jacob Oursland <jacob.oursland <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 00:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jacob Oursland <jacob.oursland <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20484: 25.0.50; Directory tracking in ansi-term broken.
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 23:15:50 -0700

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Stefan,

It made Emacs users like me notice, mainly by previously-working
functionality in Emacs breaking.  Looking at the old bug report, the $EMACS
setting was determined to be obsolete because a few Bash users incorrectly
used the $EMACS variable in their scripts.

According to the Bash documentation, Bash considers the $EMACS variable to
be special and alters its behavior based on the contents.  I would argue
this indicates that it's the script writers in error and no action
should've been taken besides a kind pointer to refer to the Bash manual to
the script writers.

Regards,
Jake

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