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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Message #47 received at 37576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#37576: 27.0.50; [Windows] "Permission denied" error from
 call-process if executable not found
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 15:17:28 +0200

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> That's how the shell behaves.

Ok.

In this specific case, which is trying to run a program and failing from
inside Emacs, I think it could be argued both ways: that it is more
informative to know there's something a bit off in your PATH, or that it is
irrelevant, because the relevant info is that the program couldn't be run.

I suppose the answer to "one way or the other" is "Yes, as long as it is
consistently done in all platforms."

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