GNU bug report logs - #11912
24.1; 'M' in Dired on a symlink does not refresh the display

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.1

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: mvar.40k <at> gmail.com, 11912 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#11912: 24.1; 'M' in Dired on a symlink does not refresh the display
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 23:30:05 -0400

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  > But if the dired buffer was created with ls -L, shouldn't M follow
  > links?

My first thought is that that is right.  But I am not confident of that
conclusion.

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