GNU bug report logs - #7784
executable-find does not find scripts on woe32

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:38:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 36270

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Message #26 received at 7784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ofv <at> wanadoo.es, 7784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7784: executable-find does not find scripts on woe32
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 09:40:06 -0500

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:05:16 -0500
>> From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
>> Cc: 7784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>
> Could you please describe the specific use-case where this issue got
> in your way?  Because otherwise this discussion sounds a bit academic
> to me.

when I try to use cygwin in native windows emacs, this works for
binaries but not for scripts.
e.g., using VC with cygwin-provided bzr and hg does not work.
there is no reason for this not to work except for the
check_executable()'s return value.


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Sam Steingold <http://sds.podval.org>
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