GNU bug report logs - #23914
24.5; tramp-get-remote-path fails with some shells if tramp-own-remote-path is used

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh <at> piquan.org>

Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 08:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh <at> piquan.org>, 23914 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23914: 24.5; tramp-get-remote-path fails with some shells if tramp-own-remote-path is used
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 14:23:02 +0200
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Unfortunately, Posix does not specify how to force a login shell,

That's outside the scope of POSIX.

> evaluating its ~/.profile and friends. If somebody knows a portable way,
> how one could determine the $PATH settings of a login shell, I'll add it
> to Tramp happily.

Traditionally, the bourne shell acts as a login shell if argv[0] starts
with '-', and that's how login(1) does it.  Unfortunately, Emacs does
not provide a way to alter the value of argv[0] passed to the inferior.

Andreas.

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