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bug#24471: 25.1.50; Error on empty PATH component
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24471: 25.1.50; Error on empty PATH component |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:36:17 +0300 |
> From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:25:17 +0200
>
> Eli Zaretskii writes:
> > Thanks. Does the patch below fix the problem?
> >
> > diff --git a/lisp/cus-start.el b/lisp/cus-start.el
> > index 001d638..bd2b280 100644
> > --- a/lisp/cus-start.el
> > +++ b/lisp/cus-start.el
> > @@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ minibuffer-prompt-properties--setter
> > nil
> > :standard
> > (mapcar 'directory-file-name
> > - (append (parse-colon-path (getenv "PATH"))
> > - (list exec-directory))))
> > + (delq nil
> > + (append
> > + (parse-colon-path (getenv "PATH"))
> > + (list exec-directory)))))
> > (exec-suffixes execute (repeat string))
> > ;; charset.c
> > (charset-map-path installation
>
> I've tried to patch this in-place, first by recompiling the affected
> custom files, then by removing all the .elc files. I failed, somehow
> this eval never changes to include the delq nil introduced with the
> patch and I can't seem to find the code path that it takes to get to the
> non-changed version. I can't recompile Emacs on Windows.
You must re-dump Emacs for this to take effect.
Anyway, the change that was committed is different, so the above is no
longer pertinent.
(I don't think I understand what you meant by your comment about "nil
meaning default-directory being wrong for PATH and POSIX".)