GNU bug report logs - #47800
[native-comp] could not resolve realpath of "emacs"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dario Gjorgjevski <dario.gjorgjevski <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 47825

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #67 received at 47800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: wilde <at> sha-bang.de
Cc: 47800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47800: [native-comp] could not resolve realpath of "emacs"
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:00:42 +0300

> From: wilde <at> sha-bang.de
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:53:58 +0200
> 
> FWIW: when /proc/self/exe exists it is a symlink to the currently
> running executable, that should make the implementation of
> find_executable() in these cases straight forward.
> 
> Basically:
>   realpath ("/proc/self/exe", NULL);
> should do the job.

This was discussed, but AFAIR people felt uneasy with using it.
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