GNU bug report logs - #3736
23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:30:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#3736: 23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:22:38 +0200

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> There are nearly a hundred places in Emacs lisp sources where
> /dev/null is used instead of null-device. Please convert those to use
> null-device so that it gets system-independent. (I wonder what to do
> with those in Tramp.)

On W32 systems, null-device is "NUL". Not useful for Tramp, it needs
"/dev/null" on remote machines.

Best regards, Michael.
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