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>

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From: wilde <at> sha-bang.de
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 47800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47800: [native-comp] could not resolve realpath of "emacs"
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:12:48 +0200

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

I wonder why -- but thats not too important as long as we have a
reliable solution anyway.  :)
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