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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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 30350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30350: 27.0.50; Newest master can't run processes on macOS
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:20:48 +0000

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Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am So., 4. Feb. 2018 um 21:17 Uhr:

>
> For some reason the newest master can't seem to start subprocesses on
> macOS:
>
> emacs -batch -Q --eval='(call-process "/usr/bin/true")'
> Searching for program: Is a directory, /usr/bin/true
>
> Needless to say, /usr/bin/true is a regular file.
>
>
According to 'git bisect', the problematic commit is

commit 327d251f8a857350a78029c31c7ab3f9797cc727

Author: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date:   Sat Feb 3 12:10:19 2018 -0800


    Avoid EOVERFLOW problems with file-directory-p

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