GNU bug report logs - #27982
25.1.50; expand-file-name docstring on how to traverse the filesystem

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>

Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 11:39:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 27982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
Cc: 27982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27982: 25.1.50;
 expand-file-name docstring on how to traverse the filesystem
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:59:03 +0300

> From: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
> Cc: 27982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:43:51 +0200
> 
> Thanks for your help but let me close this.
> 
> I initially thought it was "obviously wrong", but it is not. I think the
> wording is slightly misleading (e.g. "dirname" vs "dir-as-file-name"),
> but nothing important.

I added a note to the doc string to make sure the trailing-slash issue
is not overlooked.

Thanks.
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