GNU bug report logs - #30357
git tip: lisp/gnus/deuglify.el:221:1:Error: Searching for program: Is a directory, /usr/local/bin/movemail

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sam Steingold <sds <at> podval.org>

Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 14:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 30350

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> podval.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: git tip: lisp/gnus/deuglify.el:221:1:Error: Searching for program: Is
 a directory, /usr/local/bin/movemail
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 09:12:40 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
The current emacs git tip (

c24c5dc4a4cc18e7f1ec949efcfe1d4bae541d02
) on mac os x: "make bootstrap" fails with

In toplevel form:

../../lisp/gnus/deuglify.el:221:1:Error: Searching for program: Is a
directory, /usr/local/bin/movemail

make[3]: *** [gnus/deuglify.elc] Error 1

make[2]: *** [compile-main] Error 2

make[1]: *** [lisp] Error 2

make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

the file is, in fact, present and is an executable, not a directory:

*$* test -x /usr/local/bin/movemail && echo executable

executable

*$* test -d  /usr/local/bin/movemail && echo directory

*$ echo $?*

* 1 $*


the same error is reported on _all_ commands (bash, git, ssh-add &c).
(as you can see, I cannot even report the bug using emacs!)

thanks.
-- 
Sam Steingold <http://sds.podval.org> <http://www.childpsy.net> <
http://steingoldpsychology.com>

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Merged 30350 30357. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:26:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#30357; Package emacs. (Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:28:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at 30357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> podval.org>
Cc: 30357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30357: git tip: lisp/gnus/deuglify.el:221:1:Error: Searching
 for program: Is a directory, /usr/local/bin/movemail
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:26:49 +0200

> From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> podval.org>
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 09:12:40 -0500
> 
> The current emacs git tip ( 
> 
> c24c5dc4a4cc18e7f1ec949efcfe1d4bae541d02
> 
> ) on mac os x: "make bootstrap" fails with
> 
> In toplevel form:
> 
> ../../lisp/gnus/deuglify.el:221:1:Error: Searching for program: Is a directory, /usr/local/bin/movemail

Isn't this a duplicate of bug#30350?
bug closed, send any further explanations to 30350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 02 Oct 2020 04:55:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:24:10 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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