GNU bug report logs - #54487
29.0.50; connection-local value for `shell-file-name' not set in Dired buffers over Tramp

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 54487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54487: 29.0.50; connection-local value for `shell-file-name' not set in Dired buffers over Tramp
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:40:39 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:25:28 +0100
> Cc: 54487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The problem is rather quoting the arguments with shell-quote-argument. It
> applies the quoting according to the value of system-type. If this is
> 'ms-dos or 'windows-nt, MS Windows quoting rules are applied.
> 
> The appended patch fixes this for me, could you pls check?

Is it really a good idea to solve this only for Grep?  Shouldn't shell
quoting always use this logic (with some variable that callers could
bind in exceptional cases, which I presume will be rare)?  Or am I
missing something?
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