GNU bug report logs - #17467
24.3; locate-library returning spurious path

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Kosorukoff <alex <at> 3form.com>

Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 16:51:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 17467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex Kosorukoff <alex <at> 3form.com>
Cc: 17467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17467: 24.3; locate-library returning spurious path
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 20:46:15 +0300

> From: Alex Kosorukoff <alex <at> 3form.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 10:38:39 -0700
> Cc: 17467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I think locate-library has an extra parameter nosuffix, so (locate-library
> "tramp.el" 'nosuffix) will find "tramp.el." I guess for backward
> compatibility we can set nosuffix to t whenever the name has a valid suffix
> already.

But what about adding ".gz" to it?

In any case, it is very convenient to not have to worry whether
there's already a suffix there.  You cannot always know that when user
input is involved.
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