GNU bug report logs - #27844
26.0.50; Dired w/ eshell-ls doesn't support wildcards in file name

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:28:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27844: 26.0.50; Dired w/ eshell-ls doesn't support wildcards in file name
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:06:52 +0300

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:23:08 +0900
> 
> `eshell-extended-glob' returns a list of matches on success, otherwise
> it returns FILE;  if no match i think we should signal an error.

Whether this should be an error or just FILE is a matter of personal
preferences, I think.  Some shells behave this way, others the other
way.  So either we should leave your original patch as it was, or
introduce a defcustom to produce an error if the user so wants.

WDYT?
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