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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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28156: Emacs quietly munges symlink contents
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:48:30 +0200

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

Hi Paul,

> It strikes me that a similar change probably needs to be made to
> Tramp, so that remote symlinks also can be arbitrary strings
> too. However, that's outside my expertise so this patch affects only
> local symlink contents.

I'll have a look on this. Pls give me some days.

Best regards, Michael.
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