GNU bug report logs - #11194
24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Cray Elliott <mp2e <at> archlinux.us>

Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.95

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 11194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Cray Elliott <mp2e <at> archlinux.us>, 11194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11194: 24.0.95;
	sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:00:17 +0200

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

> Sounds like a bug in eshell/sudo: it should not use builtins.

Don't know. Sometimes, it makes sense for builtins running under sudo.
Like `.', an alias for `eshell/.'. It sources a file, and executes
eshell commands from this file.

sudo . .eshell/history

sounds like a useful command. Just as example, other examples could  be there.

I still believe, we shall emphasize in the manual, that file names are
interpreted like in `find-file'. This is the spirit of `eshell'.
Otherwise, one shall use plain `shell'.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.
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