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24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy

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Message #387 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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 10489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#10489: 24.0.92;
	dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:36:34 +0100

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

>>> > Also, if each file has a different handler, doesn't that in
>>> > itself already mean the files are not equal?
>
> No: /foo should be equal to file:///foo (if you use url-handler-mode)
> but they don't use the same handler.

It will be hard to detect that /sudo::/foo is equal to file:///foo. And
the result might be different, when file:///foo and /sudo::/foo are
compared, because another file name handler is involved.

Maybe we shouldn't try to detect this, and we should regard them as not
equal.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.

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