GNU bug report logs - #27986
26.0.50; `rename-file' can rename files without confirmation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 15:41:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #73 received at 27986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, 27986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without
 confirmation
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:08:29 +0300

> Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, 27986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:00:49 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > we should not lose the feature that renaming a file on
> > macOS to a different letter-case works without nagging the user with
> > confirmations.
> 
> I was hoping that the current code does that as-is on macOS.

In that case, I have no problems with the changes.  From what Philipp
wrote I concluded, perhaps wrongly, that this is not happening on
macOS.
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