GNU bug report logs - #33564
Incorrect path canonicalisation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Andrée <maandree <at> kth.se>

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 20:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Mattias Andrée <maandree <at> kth.se>
Cc: 33564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33564: Incorrect path canonicalisation
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 21:27:27 +0100

On Dez 01 2018, Mattias Andrée <maandree <at> kth.se> wrote:

> Emacs 26.1 removes ..'s incorrectly from file names.
> Emacs removes the directory in front the .. rather than
> getting its parent directory.

This is deliberate.  Emacs never consults the filesystem when
canonicalizing filenames, as documented in expand-file-name.  This is
consistent with the logical view of the filesystem, and how the shell
builtin cd handles it.

Andreas.

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