GNU bug report logs - #6706
24.0.50; // in some UNIX paths in Makefiles

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 6706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 6706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6706: 24.0.50; // in some UNIX paths in Makefiles
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:59:56 +0200

Am 22.07.2010 um 22:29 schrieb Jan Djärv:

> Does it matter in any way? POSIX dictates that two or more slashes,  
> when not at the start of the path, is to be treated as a single  
> slash.  Does NS/OSX treat them differently?

Mac OS X's HFS variants handle them à la POSIX. And NS Emacs as well.  
It's just not beautiful that they appear.

--
Greetings

  Pete

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				– Ambrose Bierce: _The Devil's Dictionary_
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