Package: emacs;
Reported by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:27:02 UTC
Severity: serious
Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de> Subject: bug#5982: closed (Re: bug#5982: 23.1.96; Dired regression - recursive copies turn symlinks into regular files) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:30:03 +0000
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Your bug report #5982: 23.1.96; Dired regression - recursive copies turn symlinks into regular files which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 5982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. -- 5982: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5982 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> Cc: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>, 5982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5982: 23.1.96; Dired regression - recursive copies turn symlinks into regular files Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:29:03 -0400Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes: > Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes: > >> The following patch would add symlink copying to `copy-directory'. >> Michael, could you review the patch carefully, or suggest some other >> solution? > > Looks good. It works also for remote files. Thanks for checking. I've committed it to the branch.
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From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 23.1.96; Dired regression - recursive copies turn symlinks into regular files Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:26:00 +0200Suppose we have the following directory in dired: ,---- | /tmp/foo: | total used in directory 4 available 1674380 | drwxr-xr-x 2 sven sven 80 Apr 20 11:12 . | drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 300 Apr 20 11:12 .. | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar | lrwxrwxrwx 1 sven sven 3 Apr 20 11:12 bar2 -> bar `---- Now type ^ to cd to the parent directory, move to the "foo" line and press "C /tmp/foo2 RET yes" (confirming the recursive copy and creating /tmp/foo2) and switch to the new directory. It looks like this: ,---- | /tmp/foo2: | total used in directory 8 available 1674380 | drwxr-xr-x 2 sven sven 80 Apr 20 11:12 . | drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 300 Apr 20 11:12 .. | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar2 `---- This is a regression from Emacs 23.1 and 22.3 where the symlink would be copied as such instead of turning into a regular file. 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