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X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) I have been noticing many warnings coming from R in several contexts saying: WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME See for example the output of running: $ R --version This warning appears to be coming from line 69 of ess-r-gui.el where an unset environment variable R_HOME is being set in elisp code which is pointing to some ancient version of R located inside a Microsoft Windows file system: R_HOME="c:/progra~1/R/R-2.6.1" This whole ess-r-gui.el file seems to be dedicated to interfacing with software in Microsoft Windows which doesn't seem at all relevant in the Guix world. This whole file can probably be safely deleted along with line 164 in the ESS/lisp/Makefile which I think triggers byte compilation. 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[66.158.149.200]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 8sm8136171qkd.47.2020.09.27.20.28.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:28:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Kyle Andrews Subject: Re: bug#42259: emacs-ess 18.10.2 sets R_HOME to a ridiculous value by default References: <875zayk5n1.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:29:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <875zayk5n1.fsf@gmail.com> (Kyle Andrews's message of "Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:11:30 -0400") Message-ID: <87r1qmpoif.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42259-done Cc: 42259-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hello, Kyle Andrews writes: > I have been noticing many warnings coming from R in several contexts > saying: > > WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME > > See for example the output of running: > > $ R --version > > This warning appears to be coming from line 69 of ess-r-gui.el where an > unset environment variable R_HOME is being set in elisp code which is > pointing to some ancient version of R located inside a Microsoft Windows > file system: > > R_HOME="c:/progra~1/R/R-2.6.1" > > This whole ess-r-gui.el file seems to be dedicated to interfacing with > software in Microsoft Windows which doesn't seem at all relevant in the > Guix world. This whole file can probably be safely deleted along with > line 164 in the ESS/lisp/Makefile which I think triggers byte > compilation. This should be fixed in commit 0939462e3f81bc98b38bdb7610e6a80ca1cbaa1b. Closing. Thanks for the report! Maxim From unknown Fri Aug 15 20:48:03 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator