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>

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28156: Emacs quietly munges symlink contents
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:19:33 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Callers of `make-symbolic-link' will need to expand the target themselves. 
>
> make-symbolic-link is an interactive command, not just a function.

Can we not just do the expansion in the interactive form then?
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