GNU bug report logs - #18658
24.3; deformed server-socket-dir

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:59:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 24513

Found in versions 24.3, 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; deformed server-socket-dir
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:57:58 -0400

Double slashes in server-socket-dir is a bug waiting to happen.

		Peace
			--Devon

P.S. Fix follows:

--- lisp/server.el.~1~	2014-10-07 13:27:34.000000000 -0400
+++ lisp/server.el	2014-10-07 13:34:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@
 ;; does not read the init file.
 (defvar server-socket-dir
   (and (featurep 'make-network-process '(:family local))
-       (format "%s/emacs%d" (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp") (user-uid)))
+       (expand-file-name (format "emacs%d" 
+				 (user-uid))
+			 (or (getenv "TMPDIR")
+			     "/tmp")))
   "The directory in which to place the server socket.
 If local sockets are not supported, this is nil.")
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 18658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18658: 24.3; deformed server-socket-dir
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:03:57 -0400

Devon Sean McCullough wrote:

> Double slashes in server-socket-dir is a bug waiting to happen.

You mean, if someone sets TMPDIR to a value ending in a slash?
POSIX requires (non-leading) multiple / in a filename to be entirely
equivalent to one /, so it it hard to see how this could cause any
problems. Nevertheless expand-file-name does seem a bit cleaner.
Forcibly Merged 18658 24513. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:44:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) patch. Request was from Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:07:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 18658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18658: 24.3; deformed server-socket-dir
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:01:29 +0200

Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net> writes:

> Double slashes in server-socket-dir is a bug waiting to happen.

[...]

> -       (format "%s/emacs%d" (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp") (user-uid)))
> +       (expand-file-name (format "emacs%d" 
> +				 (user-uid))
> +			 (or (getenv "TMPDIR")
> +			     "/tmp")))

Thanks; I applied a version of this to Emacs 28.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:02:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 28.1, send any further explanations to 18658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2014 <at> jovi.net> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:02:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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