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26.0.91; Infinite recursion in `make-auto-save-file-name' for quoted filenames

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Message #20 received at 30243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 30243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#30243: 26.0.91;
 Infinite recursion in `make-auto-save-file-name' for quoted filenames
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:49:04 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

Hi Noam,

> Yeah, we need to test more than just that operation though.  I've added
> a test for all the operations listed in `(elisp) Magic File Names'.  I
> discovered several other similar problems.  With
> `file-name-all-completions' I even got Emacs to crash (I presume due to
> stack corruption during the recursion).  Also note that the above patch
> breaks find-file for /: quoted files, buffer-file-name needs to be bound
> more selectively (as in the new patch, attached below).
>
> `file-notify-rm-watch' and `file-notify-valid-p' are still broken, I
> can't immediately see how to fix them and it's getting past my bedtime.

Maybe I could be of some help? Pls commit your changes you have worked
on, and tell me which missing part I shall try to follow.

Best regards, Michael.

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