GNU bug report logs - #31305
27.0.50; Symlinks recognized as dirs on macOS <10.9

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 20:45:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in versions 26.1, 27.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, david+emacsformacosx <at> porkrind.org, Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#31305: 27.0.50; Symlinks recognized as dirs
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:50:00 +0100

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 04:25:08PM -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org> writes:
> 
> > I could have sworn we fixed this, but I can’t find the previous bug
> > report.
> 
> Looks similar to Bug#28865 "broken symlink behaviour in read-file-name
> on OS X (High Sierra)".

That’s it exactly. Thanks Noam!

With further testing I’ve discovered that although I can’t replicate
it with my locally built version, I can with an emacsformacosx.com
build.

I guess that means either Paul’s fix doesn’t work on macOS 10.9, or
David needs to update something in his build tree.
-- 
Alan Third
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