GNU bug report logs - #16861
24.3; Eshell /.. eshell/pwd Bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 03:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 16861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt <at> gmail.com>"
 <michael.weylandt <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: "16861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <16861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#16861: 24.3; Eshell /.. eshell/pwd Bug
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:39:07 -0500

On Feb 24, 2014, at 4:30, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> wrote:

> "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Enter eshell, change to / and then cd to ".." and eshell/pwd reports
>> "/.." instead of the canonical "/":
> 
> (expand-file-name ".." "/") -> "/.."
> 
> See its doc string.

Ok -- I hadn't run across file systems with a 'superroot' before (cf. Emacs Manual 25.8.4). I'll special case it in my Eshell prompt function then. 

Thanks for the quick reply,

Michael
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