GNU bug report logs - #22578
24.5; dired-do-chmod on . or .. directories

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 06:27:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.5

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: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
Cc: 22578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22578: 24.5; dired-do-chmod on . or .. directories
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:07:51 +0200

Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>>
>> I tried doing `M' on "." and ".." in a directory, and it seems to work
>> fine for me (in Emacs 26.1 and 28), so is this a problem that has gone
>> away?
>
> Ah I'm far far behind the pace at the moment.  What I hadn't noticed at
> the time was that the mode change is in fact made on disk, but get also
> an error message (and no update of the line).  So if the error message
> is gone then that's good.

OK; I'm closing this bug report, then.

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