GNU bug report logs - #47718
Fix epa-file-insert-file-contents substring error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: juntaka <juntaka <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: juntaka <at> protonmail.com, 47718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47718: Fix epa-file-insert-file-contents substring error
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:57:51 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:14:34 +0200
> Cc: 47718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> juntaka <juntaka <at> protonmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I think substring occurs error when TO is longer than its content.
> > This patch will fix the substring bug in epa-file-insert-file-contents.
> 
> Thanks; applied to Emacs 28.

Actually, I wonder whether this is TRT: why should we silently accept
invalid inputs when substring itself doesn't?

IOW, can we please have a real-life use case where this happens, and
where silently "fixing" this input is TRT?  TIA.
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