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24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system

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Message #64 received at 11194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
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: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:03:03 -0400

>> I'd be happy to hear of arguments in favor of the current behavior of
>> eshell/sudo w.r.t builtins.
> I've checked the implementation of eshell/sudo: It simply let-binds
> default-directory to "/sudo:user <at> host:dir", and let the command like rm
> run. That's why the built-in version of rm is in place.
> Another implementation of sudo would not be in the spirit of eshell, I
> think.

Spirit or not, the resulting behavior for `sudo' makes no sense and
should be fixed,


        Stefan

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