Re: Possible problem with M-x compile

[Daniel Pfeiffer]

Saluton,

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> skribis:

> Alexis Layton <address@hidden> writes:
> >>    cd $CLIENTLIB_BUILDDIR && fmake tests && make
> > 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?

Both.  Emacs performs the cd for itself, in case there are relative pathnames
to parse.

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

Not quite as good as a full blown shell parser, but fair enough.  I've checked
it in.

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Daniel Pfeiffer

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