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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Message #8 received at 22578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
Cc: 22578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22578: 24.5; dired-do-chmod on . or .. directories
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 20:25:13 +0200

> From: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:20:27 +1100
> 
> It'd be good if dired "M" `dired-do-chmod' could act on the "." and ".."
> directories in the dired buffer.
> 
> As far as I can tell there'd be no reason they shouldn't.

For some reasons, see the old discussion that starts here:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2003-06/msg00067.html
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