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Fwd: UNIX Environment variables get lost in ver23.3 as opposed to 23.2


From: Vishwajith Singh
Subject: Fwd: UNIX Environment variables get lost in ver23.3 as opposed to 23.2
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:26:52 -0700



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Subject: UNIX Environment variables get lost in ver23.3 as opposed to 23.2
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org


I switched to using the latest version of emacs 23.3. and am finding an issue.
The issues is that the ENV variables defined in the shell are lost within a buffer.

Here's an example:
1) //Define an ENV variable call FOO
UNIX setenv FOO FOO_VALUE
2) Open up a file in emacs called junk in the same window
3) In this new file, execute the shell command Ctrl-U Shift-! "echo $FOO"
You are basically echoing the value of $FOO into the buffer junk.

This works in emacs ver23.2 but fails in ver23.3 with the message "FOO: Undefined variable."

Why is this difference of behaviour in the latest version?
Can someone suggest a workaround..

Thanks,
- V






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