Mention that shell quoting of % on w32 may fail (Bug#19350)
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Security Considerations): Mention that quoting of '%' assumes no '^' in variable names. * test/lisp/subr-tests.el (shell-quote-argument-%-on-w32): New test, demonstrating what doesn't work.
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@ -3042,7 +3042,9 @@ with @samp{-}, or might contain shell metacharacters like @samp{;}.
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Although functions like @code{shell-quote-argument} can help avoid
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this sort of problem, they are not panaceas; for example, on a POSIX
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platform @code{shell-quote-argument} quotes shell metacharacters but
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not leading @samp{-}. @xref{Shell Arguments}. Typically it is safer
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not leading @samp{-}. On MS-Windows, quoting for @samp{%} assumes
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none of the environment variables have @samp{^} in their name.
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@xref{Shell Arguments}. Typically it is safer
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to use @code{call-process} than a subshell. @xref{Synchronous
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Processes}. And it is safer yet to use builtin Emacs functions; for
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example, use @code{(rename-file "@var{a}" "@var{b}" t)} instead of
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@ -307,5 +307,22 @@ cf. Bug#25477."
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(should (eq (string-to-char (symbol-name (gensym))) ?g))
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(should (eq (string-to-char (symbol-name (gensym "X"))) ?X)))
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(ert-deftest shell-quote-argument-%-on-w32 ()
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"Quoting of `%' in w32 shells isn't perfect.
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See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19350."
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:expected-result :failed
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(skip-unless (and (fboundp 'w32-shell-dos-semantics)
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(w32-shell-dos-semantics)))
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(let ((process-environment (append '("ca^=with-caret"
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"ca=without-caret")
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process-environment)))
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;; It actually results in
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;; without-caret with-caret
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(should (equal (shell-command-to-string
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(format "echo %s %s"
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"%ca%"
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(shell-quote-argument "%ca%")))
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"without-caret %ca%"))))
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(provide 'subr-tests)
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;;; subr-tests.el ends here
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