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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 2062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jasonr <at> f2s.com
Subject: bug#2062: PATH can contain non-expanded variables
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:12:37 +0200

> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:55:09 +0100
> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 2062 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, jasonr <at> f2s.com
> 
> But this does not merit too long a discussion IMO. Either you (all)
> think it's useful, or hackish. Your call.

I was trying to understand how come a variable is stored in the
Registry with incorrect REG_EXPAND_SZ, and how often that happens.  Is
that true that in your case it is simply a user mistake?
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