Subject: Re: bug#23186: closed (Re: bug#23186: 25.0.92; Tramp: Windows does not always set COMSPEC, tramp blows up in a string-match)

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:15:11 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Jerry,

>> What is the full contents of the environment of the Emacs process when
>> you run that zapped binary?
>
> I'm still waiting for the answer to that question.  It's important,
> for the reasons explained below.

I second Eli. First of all we must understand why COMSPEC isn't set in
your case. Just applying a workaround doesn't suffice at first glance,
it could be that there is amuch more serious problem behind. Tramp could
be just the first victim entering this problem. Who knows.

>> WHAT DO YOU THE MAINTAINER PROPOSE as a solution?

Investigate. As Eli proposed. And for the upcoming Emacs 25.1, we just
report the error. We cannot do anything else so late in the pretest.

Best regards, Michael.