GNU bug report logs - #36502
27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Sutton <dan <at> dpsutton.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 16:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Daniel Sutton <dan <at> dpsutton.com>
Cc: "36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#36502: 27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 01:32:22 +0000

Please keep the bug address in the Cc.

On 7/4/2019 3:35 PM, Daniel Sutton wrote:
> Locally when running `(expand-file-name "path/to/dirA/" nil)` it expands 
> to "/home/dan/projects/dev/cider/test/path/to/dirA/"
> 
> when running under cask it expands to "/path/to/dirA/"

So moving up the file system tree should eventually lead you to "/".  I don't 
see why you're getting an infinite loop.

Ken
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