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Re: master b9ac4f8.. (Fix locating pdump by symlink) breaks with stow


From: Ken Brown
Subject: Re: master b9ac4f8.. (Fix locating pdump by symlink) breaks with stow
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:56:02 +0000
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On 6/27/2019 2:36 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Ken Brown <address@hidden>
>> CC: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:45:45 +0000
>>
>>> Btw, Ken: did you try this new functionality on Cygwin?  Does it work
>>> as expected?
>>
>> It didn't, but I just fixed it.
> 
> Thanks.  Does the PATH search in load_pdump_find_executable also work
> on Cygwin, when argv[0] doesn't include the .exe suffix?  Or does it
> always include the .exe?

Yes, it works without the .exe, and it doesn't always include the .exe.  For 
example, if I have the symlink

   emacs -> ../src/emacs/x86_64/src/emacs.exe

in ~/bin, which is in my PATH, and if I invoke EMACS simply as "emacs", then 
argv[0] is "emacs", and everything works.

Ken

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