GNU bug report logs - #23590
25.0.94; Errors in default lgrep command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 00:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 25.0.94

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: John Mastro <john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, agrambot <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#23590: 25.0.94; Errors in default lgrep command
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:15:14 +0300

> From: John Mastro <john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 09:57:02 -0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > Shell commands that Emacs emits support /bin/sh and compatible
> > shells.  Zsh's default treatment of unmatched wildcards isn't.
> >
> > I don't know how it happened that lgrep invokes zsh on OP's system,
> > but if that is due to user customizations, they should be corrected.
> > If that is Emacs's fault (i.e. Emacs invokes zsh without any
> > customizations), it should be fixed.
> 
> Emacs invokes whichever shell is the value of the user's SHELL
> environment variable.

Then maybe we should change that.
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