GNU bug report logs - #36729
27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:41:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Merged with 44273

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 36729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36729: 27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 12:03:39 +0200

7 okt. 2020 kl. 09.50 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:

> I no longer understand what we are trying to solve here.

A bit lost here myself, but it seems that no real progress has been made and that the original problem (how to display a meaningful 'total' value in dired) is still at hand.

However given the apparent constraints (running an external 'ls' binary with unclear semantics; uncountable platform variations; user-settable 'ls' switches; sensitivity to environment variables; localised output; &c &c) I don't think it can be solved in any reasonable way. I therefore propose closing the bug as 'wontfix'.
Sorry about not thinking it through before reporting it.
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