GNU bug report logs - #73318
31.0.50; with-native-compilation=aot breaks exec -a emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

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Message #62 received at 73318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: shipmints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, larsi <at> gnus.org, acorallo <at> gnu.org,
 schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 73318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73318: 31.0.50;
 with-native-compilation=aot breaks exec -a emacs
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:02:51 -0400
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 9:58 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> > Cc: 73318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  larsi <at> gnus.org,  acorallo <at> gnu.org,
> >    schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,  shipmints <at> gmail.com
> > Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:22:08 -0400
> >
> > Including the leading directories would make them show up in the output
> > of "ps", which is uglier.
>
> "Uglier" is in the eyes of the beholder.  The important thing is that
> it solves the problem without any other changes, and will then use
> code which was tested and validated by many users.
>

I prefer the "determinism" (even if pseudo determinism, as binaries can
"lie") of fully-qualified path names in ps output. I'll take ugly over
mystery.
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