GNU bug report logs - #24338
24.5; compile-start has /bin/sh hardcoded for remote executions.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jürgen A. Erhard <jae <at> jaerhard.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Merged with 29723

Found in versions 24.5, 25.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 24338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: "Jürgen A. Erhard" <jae <at> jaerhard.com>,
 24338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24338: 24.5;
 compile-start has /bin/sh hardcoded for remote executions.
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:02:02 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> writes:

>> `shell-file-name' is often wrong for remote systems; there could be
>> another OS, for example. "/bin/sh" is POSIX and can be assumed to exist.
>
> Actually, POSIX doesn't hardcode the location of sh.  File system layout
> is not part of POSIX.

Right. I meant, that one can expect a POSIX compatible shell at "/bin/sh".

> Andreas.

Best regards, Michael.
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