GNU bug report logs - #28483
26.0.50; copy-directory does not create directories

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 19:12:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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 #8 received at 28483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>
To: 28483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix copy-directory creating missing directory
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:15:13 -0700

* lisp/files.el (copy-directory): Use file-directory-p instead of
directory-name-p.
---
 lisp/files.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index c55c8097c1..b3a55af976 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -5540,7 +5540,7 @@ copy-directory
       (setq directory (directory-file-name (expand-file-name directory))
 	    newname (expand-file-name newname))

-      (cond ((not (directory-name-p newname))
+      (cond ((not (file-directory-p newname))
 	     ;; If NEWNAME is not a directory name, create it;
 	     ;; that is where we will copy the files of DIRECTORY.
 	     (make-directory newname parents))
--
2.13.2
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