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Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file existence

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Message #23 received at 15866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 15866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, emacs <at> kosowsky.org
Subject: Re: bug#15866: Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file
 existence
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:27:25 -0500

>> As I wrote elsewhere, I agree that gnutls.el should ignore file
>> handlers when it looks for certificate files.

> The canonical way to ignore any file name handler is to prefix the file
> name with "/:", see (info "(emacs)Quoted File Names")

That's the canonical way *for the user* to write a file that bypasses
file name handlers (useful when you want to access a local file named
/ssh:foo:bar, for example).

Whereas in gnutls.el the issue is for the *code* to check that the
libgnutls C code (which will not have access to the file name handlers)
will be able to use the file name provided by the user.


        Stefan

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