Re: Possible problem with M-x compile

[Juri Linkov]

Alexis Layton <address@hidden> writes:
>>    cd $CLIENTLIB_BUILDDIR && fmake tests && make
>>
>>    and this has worked for some time now, on Emacs versions 20 and above.
>>    In the last two weeks however, the following error is presented:
>>
>>    cd: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable
>>
>>    My shell is /bin/bash, and yes, the environment variable is defined,
>>    as is CDPATH.
>>
> I also tried unsetting CDPATH before starting emacs, since
> CLIENTLIB_BUILDDIR is always absolute.
> Same error message, which leads me to believe the CDPATH part of the
> error message is a red
> herring and the problem is a general failure when the first part of
> the compile command is a cd.
> I am wondering if the emacs logic is trying to perform the cd itself,
> instead of letting the shell handle it?

The problem is that `cd' in `compilation-start' doesn't handle envvars.
Perhaps it should preprocess the command with `substitute-env-vars'.

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Juri Linkov
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