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28.0.50; dired-do-symlink creates invalid symlinks when using Tramp

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: Re: bug#47625: 28.0.50; dired-do-symlink creates invalid symlinks
 when using Tramp
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 12:06:59 +0200

Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm> writes:

> emacs -Q
> open dired at /sudo::/tmp/
> M-! touch foo
> S (dired-do-symlink) on foo, enter /tmp/bar (without tramp prefix) at
> the prompt
> g (refresh dired)
>
> The result is "bar -> /sudo:root <at> fgunbin.local:/tmp/foo", which is
> an invalid symlink.

I can reproduce this bug in Emacs 28, but I haven't tried to debug it.
Perhaps it's obvious what's going wrong to somebody who knows how Tramp
works; Michael added to the CCs.

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