GNU bug report logs - #30350
27.0.50; Newest master can't run processes on macOS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 20:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 30357

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at 30350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: 30350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>,
 Sam Steingold <sds <at> podval.org>
Subject: Re: bug#30350: 27.0.50; Newest master can't run processes on macOS
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 15:56:52 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 02/05/2018 11:18 AM, Alan Third wrote:
>
> Yes, it fixes the problem here.
>
> Is this a known issue with macOS?

It's news to me and it's not listed in the Gnulib portability gotcha list.

What happens if you run the attached program on macOS? It creates a file 
"file" and then tries to access it as a directory, which should not work.


[tryit.c (text/x-csrc, attachment)]
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