GNU bug report logs - #47058
28.0.50; Dired Z: insert-directory: Reading directory: No such file or directory, CrossLine_linux_x86

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Michalis V." <mvar.40k <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Marco Centurion - URI <mcenturion <at> fing.edu.uy>, 47058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Subject: Re: bug#47058: 28.0.50; Dired Z: insert-directory: Reading
 directory: No such file or directory, CrossLine_linux_x86
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 06:32:42 +0200

"Michalis V." <mvar.40k <at> gmail.com> writes:

> the big downside of this patch is that it adds another prompt when
> pressing Z: User must now enter the extraction directory (for file
> /tmp/test.tar.gz the suggested default will be /tmp/test/). And that
> behavior change might step on some people's toes so i'm a bit reserved
> if this is the correct approach to solving the particular problem.

I think the new behaviour makes sense -- uncompressing the way we've
been doing (to the current dir) is pretty dangerous (because the
archives can overwrite files).  So I've installed your patch in Emacs 28
(with some trivial whitespace changes).

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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