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

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#10489: 24.0.92;
	dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:10:57 +0100

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> I see why we might want to signal an error to the user when she does
>> (copy-directory "~/test" "~/test/test1"), but I don't see why that
>> implies that we need files-equal-p to handle non-existent files.
> Because if we don't do that, we have to create new directory Test1 and
> then test if Test1 is a subdir of Test.
> This just to avoid that.

This has to be handled in copy-directory. files-equal-p can (will!) be
used also somewhere else.

Best regards, Michael.
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