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

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Packages: w32, emacs;

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: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 2062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#2062: PATH can contain non-expanded variables
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:39:10 +0800

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> It looks like a situation where the variable expansion is expected to be
> done by the application under w32 (just like file globbing is not done
> by the shell there either), contrary to POSIX.
>   
Environment variables are expanded in PATH when set as an environment 
variable on Windows. Only when using this undocumented registry entry to 
set an application specific path does the expansion apparently not happen.
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