GNU bug report logs - #6724
24.0.50; VC fails to add symlink for bzr backend

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jan Moringen <jan.moringen <at> uni-bielefeld.de>

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.0.95

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 6724 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Jan Moringen <jan.moringen <at> uni-bielefeld.de>
Cc: 6724 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6724: 24.0.50; VC fails to add symlink for bzr backend
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:49:10 -0400

Jan Moringen wrote:

> I ran into a problem when trying to register a symlink in a bzr branch.
[...]
> bzr: ERROR: No such file: u'/Users/XXX/rudeling/rudel.bzr/.gitignore@'
>
> Note the "@" in the end which apparently comes from the output of bzr
> status and indicates the symlink nature of the file.

It was reported as a Bazaar bug three years ago that this causes issues:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/112390

Two years ago the point was explicitly made that it causes problems
for Emacs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/213172
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 68 days ago.

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