GNU bug report logs - #24471
25.1.50; Error on empty PATH component

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in versions 25.1, 25.1.50

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 24471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>, 24471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24471: 25.1.50; Error on empty PATH component
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:54:36 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Another issue is whether we want to filter out nil or leave it alone
> (i.e. change the function used by mapcar so it skips nil elements)?
> Any thoughts on this one?

Please just replace nil elements with ".".

The point of that code in cus-start is so that exec-path does not show
up in customize-rogue output under normal circumstances. A test case is

PATH=:$PATH emacs -Q -f customize-rogue
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