GNU bug report logs - #68814
29.1; dired fails to mark links to . or .. for deletion

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 68814-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 68814-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68814: 29.1; dired fails to mark links to . or .. for deletion
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:54:27 +0200

> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 06:11:50 -0600
> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
> 
> On 2024-02-03 04:40, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > That is, would exempting symlinks from the dot-dot rule cause any 
> > problems?
> 
> Seems sensible to me.

Thanks, I've now installed this on the emacs-29 branch, and I'm
closing this bug.

> P.S.  I am uncomfortable with how dired deals with $ touch '. . .'
> but perhaps that can of worms can remain unopened for now,
> LOL, wonder what will happen with $ touch $'foo\nbar'

Yes, that's a separate issue.
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