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bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarch
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy |
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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:55:23 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>> There's a crucial line missing between the above two. It should clearly
>> document what this function is expected to do. E.g. it should make it
>> clear if (and if so, to what extent) the function is allowed to refer to
>> the actual file system(s) as opposed to only relying on the
>> provided strings.
> If the file name strings are not obviously equal, `file-truename' will
I don't mean "document what the code currently does" but "document
what the code should do".
> "Return non-nil if NAME1 and NAME2 refer to the same file in the file
> system.
> If either name is not absolute, then it is expanded relative to
> DIR (if given) or `default-directory' for the test."
That description is too vague: an implementation based on comparing
file-attributes would seem to fit, whereas it's clearly not the semantic
we want to provide.
Stefan
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, (continued)
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Andreas Schwab, 2012/01/16
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/16
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/17
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/21
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/21
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Stefan Monnier, 2012/01/13
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Michael Albinus, 2012/01/13
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy,
Stefan Monnier <=
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/14
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Stefan Monnier, 2012/01/14
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/14
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/15
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Michael Albinus, 2012/01/15
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Thierry Volpiatto, 2012/01/15
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Drew Adams, 2012/01/13
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/01/13
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Drew Adams, 2012/01/13
- bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy, Drew Adams, 2012/01/15