GNU bug report logs - #37576
27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 19:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from call-process if executable not found
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 01:55:49 +0200

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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:40 AM Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com> wrote:

>That's puzzling.

Ok.

I get your message if I add to PATH a non-existent (or, I suppose,
non-accesible) directory.

So, if you have such a directory in your PATH, the message you get is
correct, because it happens before call-process can totally determine that
it can not find "xyzzy".

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