GNU bug report logs - #10897
copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:51:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 10897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:15:24 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> I'm unable to reproduce the bug using this recipe -- at the end of this,
>> I just have an empty ~/Test directory.
>
> More information was requested, but none was given, so I'm closing this
> bug report.  If there's still problems in this area, please respond to
> the debbugs address, and we'll reopen the report.

I saw this had previously been tagged "confirmed".

The issue from the OP is reproducible in emacs-27, but changes in Emacs
since it was reported means one now needs to use:

(copy-directory "~/tmp/foo" "~/Test/" nil t)
                                   ^
This bug report was last modified 4 years ago.

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