GNU bug report logs - #18370
insert-file-contents: forbids also beg, end for non-regular (special) files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:51:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

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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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 18370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18370: insert-file-contents: forbids also beg, end for non-regular (special) files
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:19:16 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Maybe this is related to bug#9800, still unfixed after this change.

I think it's somewhat unrelated -- the /proc files are "regular" files,
they just tend to "grow" while reading.  I think the solution sketched
in that bug report sounds OK.

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