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bug#44343: 28.0.50; wdired: spurious error message when changing permiss
From: |
Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#44343: 28.0.50; wdired: spurious error message when changing permissions |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:38:18 +0100 |
Hello,
here is the recipe:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(require 'wdired)
(setq wdired-allow-to-change-permissions 'advanced)
#+end_src
Then visit some (writable) directory with dired, M-x
wdired-change-to-wdired-mode, and then change a permission bit of some
file. Then C-c C-c. I get this error message:
1 rename actions failed--type ? for details
*Dired log* contains:
| chmod 416 ‘/home/micha/arena.result’ failed
|
| 1 rename actions failed
Actually there is no need for the error message; changing permission
bits works fine, it succeeds without problems.
But when I read the implementation of `wdired-do-perm-changes'
correctly, it uses the return value of `set-file-modes' to decide
whether setting modes succeeded. This function always returns nil,
however.
The second, minor issue is that a problem with changing permission bits
is reported as a failed "rename action".
TIA,
Michael.
In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 85, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.23,
cairo version 1.16.0)
of 2020-10-31 built on drachen
Repository revision: f9304de9e09ae621e8790b4f45ab716c43485ce9
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12008000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid
- bug#44343: 28.0.50; wdired: spurious error message when changing permissions,
Michael Heerdegen <=