GNU bug report logs - #20744
python.el tries to undo shell quoting with split-string-and-unquote

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Da Zhang <zhangda82 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 16:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 25025

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 20744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 20744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, zhangda82 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#20744: shell-quote-argument in Emacs 24.5 and Emacs 25 on
 Windows cannot figure out path correctly
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:03:44 -0400

>> Anyway, if we think ':' doesn't need to be quoted, how about removing
>> it from the Posix branch of shell-quote-argument?
> The comment there says "This should be safe enough even for really weird
> shells." That's a much broader question than just Bash! :)

Let's stop escaping the : and if/when someone comes up with a very weird
shell where this is a problem, we'll see what can be done.


        Stefan
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