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dired-do-chmod complains about . .. but works

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#26528: closed (dired-do-chmod complains about . .. but works)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 06:45:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#26528: dired-do-chmod complains about . .. but works

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 26528 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 26528-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: dired-do-chmod complains about . .. but works
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:44:42 -0700

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Thanks, I installed a patch into master to fix this.

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=47122295521c63febe9fc64680430812da3a3acf

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: dired-do-chmod complains about . .. but works
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:46:27 +0800

M runs the command dired-do-chmod
which complains
'dired-get-filename: Cannot operate on ‘.’ or ‘..’'
but thankfully works anyway.

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