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

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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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>, 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 13:47:28 +0200

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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 1:02 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> And that is a bug.  A PATH element pointing to a non-existing directory
> should be ignored.

Just out of curiosity... Says who? I mean, there's a standard (POSIX or
whatever) that says what kind of error message you should give when
searching the PATH and not finding what you were looking for? Or it just
states that non-existing elements should be ignored, in the sense of not
stopping the search?

Not arguing, genuinely curious.

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