GNU bug report logs - #27
incorrect code in dired-insert-directory

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 03:05:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 27 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27: incorrect code in dired-insert-directory
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:46:40 -0400

> This line near the end of dired-insert-directory is wrong:
> 
>  (if (and (or hdr wildcard) (not (looking-at "^  /.*:$")))
> 
> The problem is that "^ /.*:$" does not recognize a directory name on
> MS Windows... The regexp works only for Unix and GNU/Linux, not for
> Windows, which has directories that have drive letters

Patch welcome (I'd work on this, but I can't test it since I don't have
Windows available).
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