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23.1.91; Cannot send bug report - get error no such file /bin/bash
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Message #20 received at 5299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
>> > > > emacs -Q
>> > > >
>> > > > I tried to send a bug report using Help > Send bug report.
>> > > > When I hit C-c C-c, I got this error:
>> > > >
>> > > > Searching for program: no such file or directory, /bin/bash.
>> > >
>> > > Does the below help?
>> > > (setq mail-user-agent 'sendmail-user-agent)
>> >
>> > No, unfortunately. That raises this error:
>> >
>> > Sending...failed with exit value 1
>> >
>> > And this is all there is in the *Messages* buffer about this:
>> >
>> > Sending...
>> > sendmail-send-it: Sending...failed with exit value 1
>>
>> Then I don't understand how did it work for you in previous versions,
>> in "emacs -Q". Did it?
>
> Yes. It did and it still does. It works for emacs -Q in Emacs 20, 21, 22, and
> 23.1. And it has always worked for pretest binaries as well. I used `emacs -Q
> --debug-init'.
>
> Normally, when I hit C-c C-c it asks me if I want to send the bug and I answer
> `yes'. It then opens a new Outlook message with the To and Subject fields
> filled, and with text in the body telling me that my bug report is on the
> clipboard. I just use C-a C-v in the body to replace that text with the report,
> then click Send.
>
> In the Emacs 23.1.91 pretest, , when I answer `yes' it raises the error.
Didn't we make a special workaround on w32 for this to work? I thought
that workaround was needed. It did put the content of the bug report
on the clipboard etc.
Is that what you have been using before, Drew, or?
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