Subject: Re: bug#76955: 30.1; php-ts-mode-php-executable default path may not match remote path

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:14:50 +0200

> From: Morgan Willcock <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked]
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:25:16 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > Does it help to use this instead:
> >
> >   (defcustom php-ts-mode-php-executable
> >      (or (executable-find "php" t) "/usr/bin/php")
> 
> I don't think that would help.
> 
> If the package is loaded while default-directory is local the value
> would be wrong on the remote system.

So what is your scenario that it requires to have a php executable on
the remote host?  Can you describe your use case in detail?

> I was surprised that the default value was not "php".  Is there some
> benefit in searching for the executable so early?

Who said it must be on PATH?