GNU bug report logs - #36270
executable-find does not find shell commands on MSYS2

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:44:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36270: executable-find does not find shell commands on MSYS2
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 21:22:59 +0200

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 7:44 PM Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I use the following advice in a Windows build of emacs to get shell
> scripts working for Cygwin. MSYS2 should be similar, with a suitable
> setting for `shell-file-name':

That seems useful, thanks.

Though there's no error checking at all, isn't it? You try to execute
a command, and if it is not executable from `executable-find' POV, off
to the shell it goes...
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