GNU bug report logs - #29231
26.0.90; invald file name for symbolic files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Zhang <vincent_chueng <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 17:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 28865

Found in version 26.0.90

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vincent Zhang <vincent_chueng <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 29231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29231: 26.0.90; invald file name for symbolic files
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:17:45 +0200

> From: Vincent Zhang <vincent_chueng <at> hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 17:41:42 +0000
> 
> In Emacs 24 an 25, the symbolic file names are same as other files (e.g.
> '~/xxx), but in Emacs 26, the file name is '~/xxx/', thus 'ido' or 'ivy'
> handles files incorrectly. In fact, it will recognize it as a folder and
> create a new file.

Thanks, but please provide a minimal recipe to reproduce this,
starting from "emacs -Q".  This will allow us to investigate the
issue.
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