GNU bug report logs - #65902
29.0.92; emacsclient-mail.desktop fails due to complicated escaping

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sbaugh <at> catern.com

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 02:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 29.0.92

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, sbaugh <at> catern.com
Subject: bug#65902: 29.0.92; emacsclient-mail.desktop fails due to complicated escaping
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:29:06 +0200

On Sep 22 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> We cannot avoid some escaping because the command is invoked through
> "sh -c".  This is not our decision, this is the decision of
> freedesktop.org,

That's not true.  The Exec line is _not_ passed to the shell, but is
processed by a specialized parser and then executed directly.

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