GNU bug report logs - #28712
25.3; get_environ_db not inserting dash after .Xdefaults

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Douglas Crosher <dtc <at> scieneer.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 14:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 28708

Found in versions 25.3, 27.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

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From: Douglas Crosher <dtc <at> scieneer.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.3; get_environ_db not inserting dash after .Xdefaults
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 00:01:39 +1100

Perhaps src/xrdb.c: get_user_db() should be inserting a dash '-' between
.Xdefaults and the hostname. Looking at a trace it tries to open
.Xdefaults$HOSTNAME rather than .Xdefaults-$HOSTNAME
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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Douglas Crosher <dtc <at> scieneer.com>
Cc: 28712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28712: 25.3;
 get_environ_db not inserting dash after .Xdefaults
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:28:49 -0400

close 28712 26.1
merge 28708 28712
quit

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Douglas Crosher <dtc <at> scieneer.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps src/xrdb.c: get_user_db() should be inserting a dash '-' between
> .Xdefaults and the hostname. Looking at a trace it tries to open
> .Xdefaults$HOSTNAME rather than .Xdefaults-$HOSTNAME

This was recently fixed in emacs-26.
bug marked as fixed in version 26.1, send any further explanations to 28712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Douglas Crosher <dtc <at> scieneer.com> Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 28708 28712. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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