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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Message #202 received at 10489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 10489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#10489: 24.0.92;
	dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:27:41 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> E.g. (equal (file-attributes file1) (file-attributes file2))?
>
>> We need at least the `file-truename' call. 
>
>> (equal (file-attributes (file-truename (expand-file-name file1)))
>>        (file-attributes (file-truename (expand-file-name file2))))))
>
> Why??!?!

albinus <at> slbhn1:[1187] touch 1
albinus <at> slbhn1:[1188] ln -s 1 2
albinus <at> slbhn1:[1189] ll 1 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 albinus smc3 197 Jan 16 16:22 1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 albinus smc3   1 Jan 16 16:22 2 -> 1

(file-attributes "/home/albinus/1") =>
(nil 1 441 823 (20244 16570) (20244 16570) (20244 16570) 197 "-rw-r--r--" nil 2708784 19)

(file-attributes "/home/albinus/2") =>
("1" 1 441 823 (20244 16577) (20244 16577) (20244 16577) 1 "lrwxrwxrwx" nil 2727905 19)

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.
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