GNU bug report logs - #30285
dired-do-chmod vs. top line of dired

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:44:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 30285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#30285: dired-do-chmod vs. top line of dired
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:05:47 +0200

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:14:00 +0900
> Cc: 30285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > (Why doesn't it just complain "can't operate on" like it does for the
> > third line, ".".)
> Following patch just do nothing in these cases.  That's OK for me.
> Do you prefer to inform the user in this case that there is no file
> to change the mode?

Yes, I think we should produce some message in these cases.

Thanks.
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