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25.0.92; Tramp: Windows does not always set COMSPEC, tramp blows up in a string-match

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Message #52 received at 23186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jerry Asher <ja2038 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 23186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23186: 25.0.92; Tramp: Windows does not always set COMSPEC,
 tramp blows up in a string-match)
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 23:33:47 +0300

> From: Jerry Asher <ja2038 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 13:19:01 -0700
> Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 23186 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > What is the full contents of the environment of the Emacs process when
> you run that zapped binary?
> 
> My full environment contains a lot of internal information with private data with security implications

Your private data cannot help solving this problem, so you can just
elide it.

> And my full environment is not sufficient either. You need a knowledge of windows programming.
> I cannot supply that. If you cannot, say so.

You may wish looking at the number of Windows-related commits I made
in the Emacs repository.  Maybe that will convince you to reconsider
your views on my abilities.

Once again, if you decide to be constructive, it's possible that we
will eventually understand the nature of this problem and solve it.

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