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: 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: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:46:21 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> It might be easier to get a solution that catches all cases that way:
> remember the name and identity (inode/file-attributes/younameit) of
> the top directory we create, and whenever we're about to copy
> a directory of the same name, check whether it happens to have the
> same identity, in which case we've hit an inf-loop.

Don't know whether it is such easy in Tramp. Must be checked. Remember,
Tramp could use tools like rsync and tar for copying directories.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.
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