(check-ispell-version): If

`ispell-program-name' is "aspell", pass it the -v switch instead
of -vv.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index c631175e61e..f3cb28da3e7 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -729,7 +729,15 @@ Otherwise returns the library path if defined."
     (save-excursion
       (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *ispell-tmp*"))
       (erase-buffer)
-      (setq status (call-process ispell-program-name nil t nil "-vv"))
+      (setq status (call-process
+                    ispell-program-name nil t nil
+                    ;; aspell doesn't accept the -vv switch.
+                    (let ((case-fold-search
+                           (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt)))
+                          (speller
+                           (file-name-nondirectory ispell-program-name)))
+                      ;; Assume anything that isn't `aspell' is Ispell.
+                      (if (string-match "\\`aspell" speller) "-v" "-vv"))))
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (if interactivep
           (progn