Subject: bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:58:05 -0400

>> While using Tramp might make sense, I think that "sudo rm -rf /foo/bar"
>> is a perfectly valid command and wonder why it wouldn't work correctly.
> In eshell, `sudo' is an built-in for `eshell/sudo':

That does not in itself explain why it doesn't do the right thing: the
intention seems fairly clear.

        Stefan