GNU bug report logs - #43772
27.1; (describe-variable) breaks eshell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: daniel <at> codesections.com

Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 02:12:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 43772 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ruthra Kumar <ruthrab <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43772 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43772: Fix for bug#43772
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:06:19 +0100

Ruthra Kumar <ruthrab <at> gmail.com> writes:

> eshell-tramp is disabled by default. So, eshell-invoke-directly should
> return nil for su and sudo ( I'm new to eshell as well. So, I might be
> wrong here ). Replacing fboundp with 'eshell-find-alias-function'
> should fix this. So far, I've tested locally and it is working fine.

Thanks; I tested it and it fixes the reported case, while apparently
having no other obvious negative effects, so I've applied it to Emacs
28.  (I'm not overly familiar with how eshell is supposed to work,
though...)

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