GNU bug report logs - #2062
PATH can contain non-expanded variables

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 23.0.60

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 2062 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 2062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2062: PATH can contain non-expanded variables
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:24:07 +0800

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 02:56, Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> f2s.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> The right place to do this expansion is where the variable is read from the
>> registry, and only when the type is REG_EXPAND_SZ.
>>     
>
> The problem is, we don't read
> "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
> Paths\emacs.exe\Path", we find the PATH made for us and it contains
> unexpanded variables.
>   

If the system does not handle REG_EXPAND_SZ in the App Paths registry 
values, then the bug is with whatever incorrectly used that type when 
setting the registry value.
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