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bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory
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Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 10:20:34 +0000 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> May you please add a functionality to xdg.el to create the directory
>> with right permissions, so that xdg.el users do not need to know these
>> technical details of the spec?
>
> xdg.el is not about creating directories, it is about returning their
> names.
>
> The ability to create a directory with arbitrary permissions already
> exists, and Emacs uses that in umpteen places. So I'm not sure what
> is missing here. Not every two-liner needs a dedicated named API.
The missing part is creating a directory that follows XDG spec without
having to consult that spec.
For example, I had no clue that applications using XDG are obliged to
create XDG dirs with 0700 persmissions until someone pointed.
I believe that such technical details would fit within xdg.el API.
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- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Ihor Radchenko, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist,
Ihor Radchenko <=
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Ihor Radchenko, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Ihor Radchenko, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Ihor Radchenko, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Ihor Radchenko, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/06/23
- bug#71732: 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist, Björn Bidar, 2024/06/23