GNU bug report logs - #28156
Emacs quietly munges symlink contents

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 10:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28156: Emacs quietly munges symlink contents
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:38:40 +0300

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:09:01 +0000
> Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It makes it impossible to use '~' as a directory name. Higher-level interactive interfaces such as Shell and
> Dired can live with such a restriction, but library APIs need to be able to work with arbitrary inputs.

We have quoting for these cases.

> Callers of `make-symbolic-link' will need to expand the target themselves. 

make-symbolic-link is an interactive command, not just a function.
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