GNU bug report logs - #10489
24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:36:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: patch

Merged with 11130

Found in version 24.0.92

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Michael Albinus'" <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 10489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Thierry Volpiatto' <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:56:37 -0800

> > I believe that is all taken care of by the code I sent, which uses
> > `file-remote-p'.  IOW, I think `file-remote-p' does that.  
> > But I'm no expert on this stuff.
> 
> As I've pointed out, a specialized Tramp function could do better than
> Tramp's version of `file-remote-p', for example knowing that 
> the methods "ssh" and "scp" are equal when it is about `file-name-equal-p'.
> 
> That's why I'm in favor of `file-name-equal-p' AND its file 
> name handler for remote files.

Sounds good to me.
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