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

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Message #28 received at 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: dan <at> dpsutton.com, npostavs <at> gmail.com, 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36502: Fwd: bug#36502: 27.0.50;
 infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 19:14:12 +0300

> From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 15:38:14 +0000
> Cc: "36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 
> > +      && !NILP (Ffile_name_absolute_p (filename)))
> >       {
> >         filename = Ffile_name_directory (filename);
> >         while (NILP (Ffile_exists_p (filename)))
> > 
> > Or maybe signal an error, either way seems better than just getting stuck.
> 
> Maybe expand-file-name should signal an error if default-directory is 
> relative?

That'd not be my first preference.  My first preference would be to
detect the cases where we are about to loop.  Can we do that?

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