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[PATCH] Fix shell-dirtrack-mode showing up as enabled in unrelated buffers

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vladimir Sedach <vas <at> oneofus.la>
Cc: 64311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64311: [PATCH] Fix shell-dirtrack-mode showing up as enabled in unrelated buffers
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 21:31:33 +0300

> From: Vladimir Sedach <vas <at> oneofus.la>
> Cc: 64311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:43:35 -0600
> 
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > So if we make it also buffer-local, the problem is gone, no?
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (local-variable-if-set-p 'shell-dirtrackp)
> t
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> shell-dirtrackp is already buffer-local. Aliased variables share that property.

So what exactly is the problem now?  You said:

> The problem is shell-dirtrackp and its default value.

But if this is buffer-local, then why is it a problem that it's
non-nil?

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