GNU bug report logs - #19865
tar-untar-buffer: should honor default-directory

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:32:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 19865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan <at> siamics.net
Subject: bug#19865: tar-untar-buffer: should honor default-directory
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:01:32 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 09:49:50 -0500
> Cc: 19865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 	As currently implemented (tested on 7eb2077f9dd1, 2015-02-06
> > 	15:01:12 UTC), tar-untar-buffer uses the default-directory value
> > 	for the “data” buffer (see tar-data-buffer), instead of the
> > 	(arguably much less obscure) one for the tar-mode buffer itself
> > 	(which could easily be changed by the user via M-x cd.)
> 
> I agre with Eli that it's a somewhat obscure corner case, but as someone
> who does `M-x cd' fairly often for similar purposes, I think the patch
> is right.

So we now need someone third to resolve the tie.

Any opinions out there?
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