GNU bug report logs - #17330
files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philip Hodges <philip.hodges <at> bluewin.ch>

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:57:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #107 received at 17330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Hodges <philip.hodges <at> bluewin.ch>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from
 file-executable-p
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 09:26:21 +0200

> The new f-a-d-p completely ignores permissions

Sorry, I wasn't completely clear. I did not mean that it overcomes permissions to give information about the existence of directories that it cannot even see.

Depending on platform the code looks like it checks for a directory (using faccessat or stat) or checks existence of the . directory within it. It appears to be making checks that depend on certain permissions (in other words actually trying it) instead of inspecting permissions (and being misled by them).
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