GNU bug report logs - #52681
29.0.50; dired-do-compress assume tar files contain directories

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sds <at> gnu.org

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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Message #8 received at 52681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sds <at> gnu.org
Cc: 52681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52681: 29.0.50;
 dired-do-compress assume tar files contain directories
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:23:32 +0200

> From: Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:36:19 -0500
> 
> emacs -Q
> M-x dired RET
> test/data/decompress RET
> navigate to tg.tar.gz
> Z (dired-do-compress)
> answer yes
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Reading directory" "No such file or directory" "tg")
>   access-file("tg" "Reading directory")

AFAIU, it's a feature.  Welcome to the brave new Dired.
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