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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 28156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28156: Emacs quietly munges symlink contents
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:30:08 -0700

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Why remove this part?  You also did not mentioned that in NEWS.

The symlink target is a string not a file name, so giving it to file name 
handler can cause the make-symbolic-link call to be misinterpreted. Revised NEWS 
in attached patch, with an example.

[0001-Do-not-munge-contents-of-local-symbolic-links.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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