GNU bug report logs - #23373
25.0.93; dired-mark-sexp misinterprets file sizes if dired-listing-switches contains --block-size='1

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jorge Morais <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:54:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 25.0.93

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 23373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Jorge Morais <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com>, 23373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23373: 25.0.93; dired-mark-sexp misinterprets file sizes if
 dired-listing-switches contains --block-size='1
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 18:16:31 +0100

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

> As with many things in Dired, the "put stuff into a buffer and then
> try to interpret it" leads to yet another bug...

In my experience this is faster than asking for file-attributes all the
time, however

Anyway - seems `dired-x--string-to-number' is what has to be fixed...?

Michael.
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