GNU bug report logs - #2631
get-free-disk-space when home dir also doesn't exist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 3911

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #56 received at 2631 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2631 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:32:45 +1100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> Doesn't chdir need certain rights?

Only search perms in the parent directories leading to a given dir, I
believe.

I suppose the root dir could be unreadable/unsearchable too.  Dunno what
chdir would do in that case (I'm not brave enough to try it either!) but
certainly if the root dir is unsearchable then no subdir can work.
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