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27.0.50; Newest master can't run processes on macOS

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From: "John Wiegley" <johnw <at> gnu.org>
To: Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag <at> dottedmag.net>
Cc: 30350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#30350: Build breakage of master on MacOS 10.13
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 09:40:30 -0800

>>>>> "MG" == Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag <at> dottedmag.net> writes:

MG>         org/org-timer.el:39:1:Error: Searching for program: Is a
MG> directory, /bin/zsh

MG>         The file in question is not a directory:

MG> Yes, it is. I can't find the relevant sources right away, but opening a
MG> file inside a file is a syntax for opening resource forks under OS X, so
MG> `/foo/bar/baz/.` is a "directory" of resource forks there. This syntax is
MG> not likely to go away anytime soon.

Mikhail, are you saying that "/bin/zsh", where /bin/zsh is a file, should
report as a directory on OS X? I think I've misunderstood your comment.

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