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28.0.50; delete-by-moving-to-trash fails on directories?

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 47960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47960: 28.0.50; delete-by-moving-to-trash fails on directories?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:39:20 +0000

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> What seems to be the issue is when a deleted entry of the same name 
> already exists.  I emptied my trash and tried the above recipe: the 
> problem would not occur.  But upon immediate retry the problem appeared, 
> presumably because "test" already existed in the trash.
>

Indeed, this path of the code was recently changed (commit a5197e2240), 
and indeed, when a directory with the same name is trashed twice, it 
fails.  Patch attached.

(It can't be applied yet, I'm still waiting for the end of my paperwork.)

[Fix-bug-when-moving-directories-to-trash.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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