GNU bug report logs - #18891
Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 24.5

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #48 received at 18891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18891: Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:56:06 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> PS this makes me think, what happens if the local file name happens to
> match a remote host that does exist...
>
> If as you say the design prefers remote hosts over local ones, that
> seems like a bad design to me.

Don't blame me, the design seems to be older than my liaison with Emacs
(ange-ftp.el is copyrighted since 1989; I've started with Emacs in
autumn 1990, IIRC).

You have the same problem with other file name handlers. If you work on
a file foo.gpg, epa-file-handler will be invoked just because of this
name. It doesn't matter, whether taht file is encrypted with gpg, or not.

Best regards, Michael.
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